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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2016-01-08 05:37:37 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2016-01-08 05:37:37 (GMT)
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enable SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS
Patch by Cory Benfield.
Diffstat (limited to 'Modules/_ssl.c')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 8818d26..1c68000 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -2219,6 +2219,7 @@ _ssl__SSLContext_impl(PyTypeObject *type, int proto_version)
PySSLContext *self;
long options;
SSL_CTX *ctx = NULL;
+ unsigned long libver;
PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
if (proto_version == PY_SSL_VERSION_TLS1)
@@ -2281,6 +2282,22 @@ _ssl__SSLContext_impl(PyTypeObject *type, int proto_version)
options |= SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3;
SSL_CTX_set_options(self->ctx, options);
+#if defined(SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS)
+ /* Set SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS. This potentially greatly reduces memory
+ usage for no cost at all. However, don't do this for OpenSSL versions
+ between 1.0.1 and 1.0.1h or 1.0.0 and 1.0.0m, which are affected by CVE
+ 2014-0198. I can't find exactly which beta fixed this CVE, so be
+ conservative and assume it wasn't fixed until release. We do this check
+ at runtime to avoid problems from the dynamic linker.
+ See #25672 for more on this. */
+ libver = SSLeay();
+ if (!(libver >= 0x10001000UL && libver < 0x1000108fUL) &&
+ !(libver >= 0x10000000UL && libver < 0x100000dfUL)) {
+ SSL_CTX_set_mode(self->ctx, SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS);
+ }
+#endif
+
+
#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_ECDH
/* Allow automatic ECDH curve selection (on OpenSSL 1.0.2+), or use
prime256v1 by default. This is Apache mod_ssl's initialization