Config reader strictness: check for escape sequences (\" etc) outside of a quoted section and deny it

git-svn-id: http://svn.inspircd.org/repository/trunk/inspircd@9868 e03df62e-2008-0410-955e-edbf42e46eb7

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/configreader.cpp b/src/configreader.cpp
index 552b5ae8e..f42bd79cd 100644
--- a/src/configreader.cpp
+++ b/src/configreader.cpp
@@ -1609,6 +1609,11 @@ bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &filename
 						current_value += *c;
 					continue;
 				}
+				else if ((*c == '\\') && (!in_quote))
+				{
+					errorstream << "You can't have an escape sequence outside of a quoted section: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+					return false;
+				}
 				else if ((*c == '\n') && (in_quote))
 				{
 					/* Got a 'real' \n, treat it as part of the value */