[tor-bugs] #27367 [Core Tor/Tor]: Authorities and relays should reject non-UTF-8 in relay descriptors

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#27367: Authorities and relays should reject non-UTF-8 in relay descriptors
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.6.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  rust-wants, prop285,                 |  Actual Points:
  034-triage-20180328, 034-removed-20180328      |
Parent ID:  #24033                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cyberpunks):

 Replying to [comment:7 teor]:
 > Since the UTF-8 checking function accepts a length, we should probably
 also check for NUL. If we fail on the first NUL, this check becomes a
 last-ditch memory safety check, as most bytes in RAM are NUL.
 >
 > We should probably also log a bug warning if the function encounters a
 NUL byte:

 Receiving a NUL byte isn't a bug though. This function is processing
 untrusted input from `fetch_from_buf_http()` that might contain anything
 including NUL bytes.

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