Fix BSON binary subtype 0x02 and check the declared document size earlier (#5930)

* Write and read the inner length of BSON binary subtype 0x02

The BSON specification defines the payload of the "binary (old)" subtype
0x02 as an int32 followed by that many bytes. to_bson wrote the plain
payload instead, so decoders such as pymongo and libbson-based readers
rejected the bytes, and from_bson returned the inner length as part of the
payload (documented as lenient behavior in gh-5333).

The writer now emits the outer length (payload + 4), the subtype, the inner
int32 holding the payload size, and the payload. The reader requires an
outer length of at least 4 and an inner length equal to the outer length
minus 4 (the cases the bson-corpus lists as decode errors), reports parse
error 112 otherwise, and returns only the payload. Both directions change
together so that the round trip keeps working.

The single-reservation fast path for scalar entries declines subtype 0x02
because it has no room for the inner length.

This is a deliberate exception to the opt-in rule for behavior changes:
the previous output was invalid BSON.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* Check the declared BSON document size before reading its content

The BSON reader compared a document's declared size with the number of bytes
read only when it reached the terminator. The declared size never bounded
the reads, so a SAX handler saw the keys and values of a document whose size
was too small before parse error 112 was reported.

The container frame now stores the position where the document ends
according to its declared size. open_bson_document rejects a size below 5
(size prefix plus terminator) and an embedded document that does not end
before the terminator of its enclosing document; the element loop rejects an
element whose type byte leaves no room for the name terminator and the
document terminator. The terminator check stays and still catches a declared
size that is too large. No input that was accepted before is rejected now;
documents with a wrong size are reported earlier, with fewer SAX events, a
different byte position and, in three cases, a different message. The error
id (parse_error.112) is unchanged and strict=false still does not skip the
check.

The tests that asserted the old messages and positions are updated, with the
outer sizes of two inputs corrected so that they still exercise the embedded
document. New tests cover the SAX events, a size below 5, and an embedded
document that fits exactly.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* Document BSON subtype 0x02, document size checks, and lenient reads

Describe the inner length of binary subtype 0x02 that to_bson now writes and
from_bson checks and removes. Add the document size checks (parse_error.112,
not affected by strict=false) to bson.md and from_bson.md, and extend the
list of lenient reads with the UUID and MD5 payload lengths (not checked),
duplicate keys (last value wins), embedded NUL bytes in strings, and the
ignored trailing bytes with strict=false. State that the members of an object
are written in iteration order.

Correct the statement that element names are never validated on read: they
are checked and sanitized like string values by the error handler. Add the
BSON message to the examples of out_of_range.415 and type_error.321, the
subtype limit of 255 to the binary values page, CBOR to the formats that use
byte_container_with_subtype, and fix a typo in the incomplete mapping box.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* Regenerate single_include and apply astyle

Result of make amalgamate (including make pretty) for the preceding changes.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* Address review of the BSON documentation

Describe exactly when a too small document size is detected and note that subtype 2 data written by earlier versions is not readable.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* docs: use the Oxford comma, drop discarded-value remarks

Add the serial comma in a list added by this PR and remove the BSON
example of type_error.321 (with the type_error.317 remark) so the docs do
not mention discarded values for BSON; restore the original singular
heading of that section. No tables were changed by this PR.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* Fix -Weffc++ in the BSON recorder test and a clang-tidy use-auto hit

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* Fix clang-tidy readability-redundant-member-init in BSON test

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

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Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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@@ -802,12 +802,11 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON")
CHECK(json::from_bson(result, true, false) == j);
}
SECTION("binary member with subtype 0x02 (old binary) keeps its inner length prefix (lenient parsing)")
SECTION("binary member with subtype 0x02 (old binary) carries an inner length")
{
// documented lenient behavior (see gh-5333): the payload for
// binary subtype 0x02 ("old binary") is returned as-is,
// including its own inner 4-byte length prefix; it is not
// stripped or reinterpreted
// the payload of binary subtype 0x02 ("old binary") starts with an
// int32 that repeats the payload size; the bytes below are what
// pymongo and the bson-corpus (binary.json) use
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input =
{
0x17, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size (little endian)
@@ -815,16 +814,87 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON")
0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size of binary (little endian)
0x02, // "old binary" subtype
0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // inner length prefix (part of the old-binary payload)
0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // inner length
0x68, 0x69, // payload ('h', 'i')
0x00 // end marker
};
// the inner length prefix is part of the (unmodified) payload
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> expected_payload = {0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x68, 0x69};
const json expected = { { "entry", json::binary(expected_payload, 0x02) } };
// the inner length is not part of the payload
const json expected = { { "entry", json::binary({0x68, 0x69}, 0x02) } };
CHECK(json::from_bson(input) == expected);
CHECK(json::to_bson(expected) == input);
CHECK(json::from_bson(json::to_bson(expected)) == expected);
}
SECTION("binary member with subtype 0x02 (old binary) and empty payload")
{
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input =
{
0x15, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size (little endian)
0x05, 'e', 'n', 't', 'r', 'y', '\x00', // entry: binary
0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size of binary (little endian)
0x02, // "old binary" subtype
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // inner length
0x00 // end marker
};
const json expected = { { "entry", json::binary({}, 0x02) } };
CHECK(json::from_bson(input) == expected);
CHECK(json::to_bson(expected) == input);
}
SECTION("binary member with subtype 0x02 (old binary) with an invalid inner length")
{
std::vector<std::uint8_t> input =
{
0x17, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size (little endian)
0x05, 'e', 'n', 't', 'r', 'y', '\x00', // entry: binary
0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size of binary (little endian)
0x02, // "old binary" subtype
0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // inner length
0x68, 0x69, // payload ('h', 'i')
0x00 // end marker
};
SECTION("inner length too long")
{
input[19] = 0x03;
}
SECTION("inner length too short")
{
input[19] = 0x01;
}
SECTION("inner length negative")
{
input[19] = 0xFF;
input[20] = 0xFF;
input[21] = 0xFF;
input[22] = 0xFF;
}
CAPTURE(input)
json _;
CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), json::parse_error&);
}
SECTION("binary member with subtype 0x02 (old binary) without an inner length")
{
// the payload is shorter than the inner length field
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input =
{
0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size (little endian)
0x05, 'e', 'n', 't', 'r', 'y', '\x00', // entry: binary
0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size of binary (little endian)
0x02, // "old binary" subtype
0x01, 0x02, 0x03, // payload without an inner length
0x00 // end marker
};
json _;
CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), json::parse_error&);
}
SECTION("Some more complex document")
@@ -1178,7 +1248,7 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON document size mismatch")
SECTION("top-level document with a negative size")
{
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input = {0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00};
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size -1 does not match the number of bytes read (5)", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size -1 is less than 5", json::parse_error&);
CHECK(json::from_bson(input, true, false).is_discarded());
}
@@ -1190,7 +1260,7 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON document size mismatch")
// enclosing document instead of "d"
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input =
{
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // outer size
0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // outer size
0x03, 'd', 0x00, // entry: embedded document "d"
0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x7F, // embedded size 0x7FFFFFFF
0x0A, 'a', 0x00, // entry: null "a"
@@ -1198,7 +1268,24 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON document size mismatch")
0x08, 'h', 0x00, 0x01, // entry: bool "h" = true
0x00 // outer end marker
};
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 15: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 2147483647 does not match the number of bytes read (8)", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 11: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 2147483647 exceeds the size of the enclosing document", json::parse_error&);
CHECK(json::from_bson(input, true, false).is_discarded());
}
SECTION("embedded document whose size is smaller than its content")
{
// {"a":null} is 8 bytes, but the length prefix claims 7
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input =
{
0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // outer size
0x03, 'd', 0x00, // entry: embedded document "d"
0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // embedded size 7 (real is 8)
0x0A, 'a', 0x00, // entry: null "a"
0x00, // embedded end marker
0x08, 'h', 0x00, 0x01, // entry: bool "h" = true
0x00 // outer end marker
};
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 15: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 7 does not match the number of bytes read (8)", json::parse_error&);
CHECK(json::from_bson(input, true, false).is_discarded());
}
@@ -1207,18 +1294,163 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON document size mismatch")
// array [42] is 12 bytes, but the length prefix claims 13
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input =
{
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // outer size
0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // outer size
0x04, 'a', 0x00, // entry: array "a"
0x0D, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // array size 13 (real is 12)
0x10, '0', 0x00, 0x2A, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // entry: int32 "0" = 42
0x00, // array end marker
0x00 // outer end marker
};
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 19: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 13 does not match the number of bytes read (12)", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 11: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 13 exceeds the size of the enclosing document", json::parse_error&);
CHECK(json::from_bson(input, true, false).is_discarded());
}
}
TEST_CASE("BSON declared document size bounds the content")
{
// records the events that a SAX parser receives
struct recorder : nlohmann::json_sax<json>
{
std::string events;
bool null() override
{
events += "null ";
return true;
}
bool boolean(bool /*val*/) override
{
events += "boolean ";
return true;
}
bool number_integer(json::number_integer_t /*val*/) override
{
events += "integer ";
return true;
}
bool number_unsigned(json::number_unsigned_t /*val*/) override
{
events += "unsigned ";
return true;
}
bool number_float(json::number_float_t /*val*/, const std::string& /*s*/) override
{
events += "float ";
return true;
}
bool string(std::string& /*val*/) override
{
events += "string ";
return true;
}
bool binary(json::binary_t& /*val*/) override
{
events += "binary ";
return true;
}
bool start_object(std::size_t /*elements*/) override
{
events += "{ ";
return true;
}
bool key(std::string& /*val*/) override
{
events += "key ";
return true;
}
bool end_object() override
{
events += "} ";
return true;
}
bool start_array(std::size_t /*elements*/) override
{
events += "[ ";
return true;
}
bool end_array() override
{
events += "] ";
return true;
}
bool parse_error(std::size_t /*position*/, const std::string& /*last_token*/, const json::exception& /*ex*/) override
{
events += "error ";
return false;
}
};
SECTION("the content of a too small document is not reported")
{
// {"a":1} is 12 bytes; the length prefix claims 5, so the element
// does not fit
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input =
{
0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x10, 'a', 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00
};
recorder rec;
CHECK(!json::sax_parse(input, &rec, json::input_format_t::bson));
CHECK(rec.events == "{ error ");
// also without strict mode
recorder rec2;
CHECK(!json::sax_parse(input, &rec2, json::input_format_t::bson, false));
CHECK(rec2.events == "{ error ");
}
SECTION("an embedded document that does not fit its parent is not opened")
{
// the embedded document ends where the enclosing one does, so there
// is no room for the terminator of the enclosing document
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input =
{
0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x03, 'd', 0x00,
0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00
};
recorder rec;
CHECK(!json::sax_parse(input, &rec, json::input_format_t::bson));
CHECK(rec.events == "{ key error ");
}
SECTION("an embedded document that fits exactly")
{
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const input =
{
0x0D, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x03, 'd', 0x00,
0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00
};
CHECK(json::from_bson(input) == json({{"d", json::object()}}));
}
SECTION("a document size that is less than 5")
{
for (const std::int32_t size :
{
0, 1, 4, -1, (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::min)()
})
{
CAPTURE(size)
std::vector<std::uint8_t> input =
{
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
};
input[0] = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(size & 0xFF);
input[1] = static_cast<std::uint8_t>((size >> 8) & 0xFF);
input[2] = static_cast<std::uint8_t>((size >> 16) & 0xFF);
input[3] = static_cast<std::uint8_t>((size >> 24) & 0xFF);
json _;
CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input), json::parse_error&);
CHECK(json::from_bson(input, true, false).is_discarded());
}
}
}
TEST_CASE("BSON nesting does not consume the call stack")
{
// An embedded document or array used to be read by calling back into the
@@ -1923,7 +2155,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Invalid document size handling")
{
std::vector<std::uint8_t> const v = {0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
json _;
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 4 does not match the number of bytes read (5)", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 4 is less than 5", json::parse_error&);
CHECK(json::from_bson(v, true, false).is_discarded());
}
@@ -1938,7 +2170,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Invalid document size handling")
0x00
};
json _;
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 16: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 5 does not match the number of bytes read (16)", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 5 is too small for its content", json::parse_error&);
CHECK(json::from_bson(v, true, false).is_discarded());
}
@@ -1969,7 +2201,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Invalid document size handling")
0x00 // object terminator
};
json _;
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 19: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 5 does not match the number of bytes read (12)", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 12: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 5 is too small for its content", json::parse_error&);
CHECK(json::from_bson(v, true, false).is_discarded());
}