From: Graham Leggett <minfrin@apache.org>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 21:29:03 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: mod_cache: Ensure that we don't attempt to replace a cached response
X-Git-Tag: 2.4.5~195
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1940b11120cee1b771a49ee89acc893835f8df9a;p=apache

mod_cache: Ensure that we don't attempt to replace a cached response
with an older response as per RFC2616 13.12.

trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1479966
2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~minfrin/httpd-mod_cache-olderdate2.4.patch

Submitted by: minfrin
Reviewed by: jim, wrowe


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x@1487129 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6b42c7bc58..ca2b33a862 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Changes with Apache 2.4.5
 
+  *) mod_cache: Ensure that we don't attempt to replace a cached response
+     with an older response as per RFC2616 13.12. [Graham Leggett, Co-Advisor
+     <coad measurement-factory.com>]
+
   *) core, mod_cache: Ensure RFC2616 compliance in ap_meets_conditions()
      with weak validation combined with If-Range and Range headers. Break
      out explicit conditional header checks to be useable elsewhere in the
diff --git a/STATUS b/STATUS
index a68de49024..9eba1de70b 100644
--- a/STATUS
+++ b/STATUS
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS:
 PATCHES ACCEPTED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
   [ start all new proposals below, under PATCHES PROPOSED. ]
  
-    * mod_cache: Ensure that we don't attempt to replace a cached response
-      with an older response as per RFC2616 13.12.
-      trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1479966
-      2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~minfrin/httpd-mod_cache-olderdate2.4.patch
-      +1: minfrin, jim, wrowe
-
     * mod_cache: If a 304 response indicates an entity not currently cached, then
       the cache MUST disregard the response and repeat the request without the 
       conditional.
diff --git a/modules/cache/mod_cache.c b/modules/cache/mod_cache.c
index c77049581b..15fc7e86e0 100644
--- a/modules/cache/mod_cache.c
+++ b/modules/cache/mod_cache.c
@@ -1089,6 +1089,25 @@ static apr_status_t cache_save_filter(ap_filter_t *f, apr_bucket_brigade *in)
         /* or we've been asked not to cache it above */
         reason = "r->no_cache present";
     }
+    else if (cache->stale_handle
+            && APR_DATE_BAD
+                    != (date = apr_date_parse_http(
+                            apr_table_get(r->headers_out, "Date")))
+            && date < cache->stale_handle->cache_obj->info.date) {
+
+        /**
+         * 13.12 Cache Replacement:
+         *
+         * Note: a new response that has an older Date header value than
+         * existing cached responses is not cacheable.
+         */
+        reason = "updated entity is older than cached entity";
+
+        /* while this response is not cacheable, the previous response still is */
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, r, APLOGNO(00770)
+                "cache: Removing CACHE_REMOVE_URL filter.");
+        ap_remove_output_filter(cache->remove_url_filter);
+    }
     else if (r->status == HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED && cache->stale_handle) {
         apr_table_t *left = cache->stale_handle->resp_hdrs;
         apr_table_t *right = r->headers_out;