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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/util.py4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py
index 6a828c0ac..110da3be5 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -348,9 +348,11 @@ def colon_separated_to_dict(data_string, uniquekeys=False):
l = l.strip()
if l:
match = re.match(key_value_re, l)
- if match:
+ if match and (len(match.groups()) == 2):
key = match.groups()[0].strip()
value = match.groups()[1].strip()
+ else:
+ raise ValueError(f"""Line "{l}" could not be parsed a colon-separated pair """, l)
if key in data.keys():
if uniquekeys:
raise ValueError("Data string has duplicate keys: {0}".format(key))