protection against strange answers from remote peers during search

source/net/yacy/kelondro/util/FileUtils.java

@@ -666,6 +666,8 @@ public final class FileUtils
     }
 
     public static Map<String, String> table(final byte[] a) {
+        if (a == null) return new ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>();
+        //System.out.println("***TABLE: a.size = " + a.length);
         return table(strings(a));
     }
 
@@ -674,9 +676,7 @@ public final class FileUtils
             return new ArrayList<String>().iterator();
         }
         try {
-            return new StringsIterator(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
+            return new StringsIterator(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(a), "UTF-8")));
-                new ByteArrayInputStream(a),
-                "UTF-8")));
         } catch ( final UnsupportedEncodingException e ) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ public final class FileUtils
 
     public static class StringsIterator implements Iterator<String>
     {
-        private final BufferedReader reader;
+        private BufferedReader reader;
         private String nextLine;
 
         public StringsIterator(final BufferedReader reader) {
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ public final class FileUtils
         @Override
         public String next() {
             final String line = this.nextLine;
-            try {
+            if (this.reader != null) try {
                 while ( (this.nextLine = this.reader.readLine()) != null ) {
                     this.nextLine = this.nextLine.trim();
                     if ( this.nextLine.length() > 0 ) {
@@ -917,6 +917,13 @@ public final class FileUtils
                 Log.logException(e);
                 this.nextLine = null;
             }
+            if (this.nextLine == null && this.reader != null) {
+                try {
+                    this.reader.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {} finally {
+                    this.reader = null;
+                }
+            }
             return line;
         }
 

source/net/yacy/peers/Protocol.java

@@ -956,10 +956,12 @@ public final class Protocol
             }
 
             final HTTPClient httpClient = new HTTPClient(ClientIdentification.getUserAgent(), 8000);
-            resultMap =
+            byte[] a = httpClient.POSTbytes(new MultiProtocolURI("http://" + hostaddress + "/yacy/search.html"), hostname, parts, false);
-                FileUtils.table(httpClient.POSTbytes(new MultiProtocolURI("http://"
+            if (a != null && a.length > 200000) {
-                    + hostaddress
+                // there is something wrong. This is too large, maybe a hack on the other side?
-                    + "/yacy/search.html"), hostname, parts, false));
+                a = null;
+            }
+            resultMap = FileUtils.table(a);
 
             // evaluate request result
             if ( resultMap == null || resultMap.isEmpty() ) {