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| author | Gen Xu <xgbarry@gmail.com> | 2021-05-05 22:42:41 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-05-05 22:42:41 (GMT) |
| commit | 47895e31b6f626bc6ce47d175fe9d43c1098909d (patch) | |
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bpo-44022: Fix http client infinite line reading (DoS) after a HTTP 100 Continue (GH-25916)
Fixes http.client potential denial of service where it could get stuck reading lines from a malicious server after a 100 Continue response.
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-05-05-17-37-04.bpo-44022.bS3XJ9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-05-05-17-37-04.bpo-44022.bS3XJ9.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf6b63e --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-05-05-17-37-04.bpo-44022.bS3XJ9.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +mod:`http.client` now avoids infinitely reading potential HTTP headers after a +``100 Continue`` status response from the server. |