fix for Bug #165

lib/controller/checks.py

@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ import time
 
 from lib.core.agent import agent
 from lib.core.common import getUnicode
+from lib.core.common import preparePageForLineComparison
 from lib.core.common import randomInt
 from lib.core.common import randomStr
+from lib.core.common import DynamicContentItem
 from lib.core.convert import md5hash
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
@@ -278,6 +280,31 @@ def checkDynParam(place, parameter, value):
 
     return condition
 
+def checkDynamicContent(firstPage, secondPage):
+    infoMsg = "testing for dynamic content lines"
+    logger.info(infoMsg)
+
+    linesFirst = preparePageForLineComparison(firstPage)
+    linesSecond = preparePageForLineComparison(secondPage)
+
+    if len(linesFirst) == len(linesSecond):
+        lastLineNumber = None
+        pageLinesNumber = len(linesFirst)
+        for i in range(0, pageLinesNumber):
+            if (linesFirst[i] != linesSecond[i]):
+                if lastLineNumber == i - 1:
+                    item = kb.dynamicContent[-1]
+                    if isinstance(item.lineNumber, int):
+                        item.lineNumber = [item.lineNumber]
+                    item.lineNumber.append(i)
+                else:
+                    kb.dynamicContent.append(DynamicContentItem(i, pageLinesNumber, linesFirst[i-1] if i > 0 else None, linesFirst[i+1] if i < pageLinesNumber - 1 else None))
+                lastLineNumber = i
+
+    if kb.dynamicContent:
+        infoMsg = "found probably removable dynamic lines"
+        logger.info(infoMsg)
+
 def checkStability():
     """
     This function checks if the URL content is stable requesting the
@@ -318,6 +345,8 @@ def checkStability():
         warnMsg += "string or regular expression to match on"
         logger.warn(warnMsg)
 
+        checkDynamicContent(firstPage, secondPage)
+
     return condition
 
 def checkString():

lib/core/common.py

@@ -1068,6 +1068,12 @@ def sanitizeAsciiString(subject):
     else:
         return None
 
+def preparePageForLineComparison(page):
+    retVal = page
+    if isinstance(page, basestring):
+        return page.replace("><", ">\n<").replace("<br>", "\n").splitlines()
+    return retVal
+
 def decloakToNamedTemporaryFile(filepath, name=None):
     retVal = NamedTemporaryFile()
 
@@ -1410,32 +1416,6 @@ def getBruteUnicode(string):
         retVal += unichr(ord(char))
     return retVal
 
-class UnicodeRawConfigParser(RawConfigParser):
-    def write(self, fp):
-        """
-        Write an .ini-format representation of the configuration state.
-        """
-
-        if self._defaults:
-            fp.write("[%s]\n" % DEFAULTSECT)
-
-            for (key, value) in self._defaults.items():
-                fp.write("%s = %s\n" % (key, getUnicode(value).replace('\n', '\n\t')))
-
-            fp.write("\n")
-
-        for section in self._sections:
-            fp.write("[%s]\n" % section)
-
-            for (key, value) in self._sections[section].items():
-                if key != "__name__":
-                    if value is None:
-                        fp.write("%s\n" % (key))
-                    else:
-                        fp.write("%s = %s\n" % (key, getUnicode(value).replace('\n', '\n\t')))
-
-            fp.write("\n")
-
 # http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2007-01-06/longest-common-prefix-in-python-2
 def longestCommonPrefix(*sequences):
     if len(sequences) == 1:
@@ -1489,3 +1469,40 @@ def smokeTest():
         infoMsg += "FAILED"
         logger.error(infoMsg)
     return retVal
+
+class UnicodeRawConfigParser(RawConfigParser):
+    def write(self, fp):
+        """
+        Write an .ini-format representation of the configuration state.
+        """
+
+        if self._defaults:
+            fp.write("[%s]\n" % DEFAULTSECT)
+
+            for (key, value) in self._defaults.items():
+                fp.write("%s = %s\n" % (key, getUnicode(value).replace('\n', '\n\t')))
+
+            fp.write("\n")
+
+        for section in self._sections:
+            fp.write("[%s]\n" % section)
+
+            for (key, value) in self._sections[section].items():
+                if key != "__name__":
+                    if value is None:
+                        fp.write("%s\n" % (key))
+                    else:
+                        fp.write("%s = %s\n" % (key, getUnicode(value).replace('\n', '\n\t')))
+
+            fp.write("\n")
+
+class DynamicContentItem:
+    """
+    Represents line in content page with dynamic properties (candidate for removal prior detection phase)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, lineNumber, pageTotal, lineContentBefore, lineContentAfter):
+        self.lineNumber = lineNumber
+        self.pageTotal = pageTotal
+        self.lineContentBefore = lineContentBefore
+        self.lineContentAfter = lineContentAfter

lib/core/option.py

@@ -1001,6 +1001,7 @@ def __setKnowledgeBaseAttributes():
 
     kb.dep            = None
     kb.docRoot        = None
+    kb.dynamicContent = []
     kb.headersCount   = 0
     kb.headersFp      = {}
     kb.htmlFp         = []

lib/request/comparison.py

@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 
 import re
 
+from lib.core.common import preparePageForLineComparison
 from lib.core.data import conf
+from lib.core.data import kb
 from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.session import setMatchRatio
 
@@ -59,6 +61,21 @@ def comparison(page, headers=None, getSeqMatcher=False):
     if conf.regexp:
         return re.search(conf.regexp, page, re.I | re.M) is not None
 
+    # Dynamic content lines to be excluded before calculating page hash
+    if kb.dynamicContent:
+        lines = preparePageForLineComparison(page)
+        for item in kb.dynamicContent:
+            if len(lines) == item.pageTotal:
+                before = item.lineNumber - 1 if isinstance(item.lineNumber, int) else item.lineNumber[0] - 1
+                after = item.lineNumber + 1 if isinstance(item.lineNumber, int) else item.lineNumber[-1] + 1
+                if (item.lineContentBefore and lines[before] != item.lineContentBefore) or (item.lineContentAfter and lines[after] != item.lineContentAfter):
+                    continue
+                if isinstance(item.lineNumber, int):
+                    page = page.replace(lines[item.lineNumber], '')
+                else:
+                    for i in item.lineNumber:
+                        page = page.replace(lines[i], '')
+
     if conf.seqLock:
         conf.seqLock.acquire()