general/3526: A .gif file named `xxx.cgi.gif' apparently mistaken for a CGI script

[Dave Bodenstab <im...@mcs.net>]

>Number:         3526
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       A .gif file named `xxx.cgi.gif' apparently mistaken for a CGI script
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 11 22:40:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     imdave@mcs.net
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.3
>Environment:
Uname -a: 
FreeBSD base486.home.org 2.0.5-950622-SNAP FreeBSD 2.0.5-950622-SNAP #0: Wed Dec 31 02:26:08 CST 1997     bin@base486.home.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/base486  i386

Compiler: gcc 2.6.3
>Description:
For whatever reason, I've got a GIF file named 'count.cgi.gif' which is
being referenced by <IMG SRC="count.cgi.gif"...>

It fails to display (using Netscape, but this is probably immaterial).
Apache's error log contains:
[Sat Dec 12 00:08:09 1998] [error] [client 10.0.0.2] Premature end of script headers: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/mcs/html/ihsc/Count.cgi.gif


If I rename the GIF to `count.gif' then it works
>How-To-Repeat:
http://www.mcs.net/~imdave/html/ihsc/index.html

At the bottom of the page is the counter image
>Fix:
Well, I'd suspect that whatever is looking for a suffix of `.cgi' is
not making sure that it's a suffix -- a match in the middle of the name
shouldn't trigger anything, should it?
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