[issue1966] infinite loop in httplib

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Thanks for the patch. Committed as r60747 and r60748. -- resolution: -> accepted status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ __

[issue1966] infinite loop in httplib

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[issue1966] infinite loop in httplib

Mike Klaas added the comment: I wouldn't advocate that it go in to 2.3/2.4. The only security issue is a possible DoS, but I think that is unlikely. There is already an "attack vector" for python code using (timeout-less) httplib by simply returning the response very slowly (1byte/sec). ___

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Christian Heimes added the comment: I'm not sure if the patch can get into 2.3 and 2.4. It's up to Martin to decide. -- assignee: -> loewis keywords: +easy, patch nosy: +loewis, tiran priority: -> high __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue1966] infinite loop in httplib

New submission from Mike Klaas: There are a small number of sites that do not send the trailing \r\n when using chunked transfer encoding (say 1 in 500,000). This unfortunately, causes httplib to go into an infinite loop. Fixed by checking for EOF (3 line patch) -- components: Librar