--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java	Fri Jul 03 14:40:49 2015 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java	Thu Jul 09 13:23:03 2015 +0100
@@ -487,7 +487,8 @@
     private void checkMessageHeader(String key, String value) {
         char LF = '\n';
         int index = key.indexOf(LF);
-        if (index != -1) {
+        int index1 = key.indexOf(':');
+        if (index != -1 || index1 != -1) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                 "Illegal character(s) in message header field: " + key);
         }