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-rw-r--r--Lib/nntplib.py11
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_nntplib.py10
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/nntplib.py b/Lib/nntplib.py
index 2de6ebd..02cc37c 100644
--- a/Lib/nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/nntplib.py
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ __all__ = ["NNTP",
"decode_header",
]
+# maximal line length when calling readline(). This is to prevent
+# reading arbitrary lenght lines. RFC 3977 limits NNTP line length to
+# 512 characters, including CRLF. We have selected 2048 just to be on
+# the safe side.
+_MAXLINE = 2048
+
+
# Exceptions raised when an error or invalid response is received
class NNTPError(Exception):
"""Base class for all nntplib exceptions"""
@@ -424,7 +431,9 @@ class _NNTPBase:
"""Internal: return one line from the server, stripping _CRLF.
Raise EOFError if the connection is closed.
Returns a bytes object."""
- line = self.file.readline()
+ line = self.file.readline(_MAXLINE +1)
+ if len(line) > _MAXLINE:
+ raise NNTPDataError('line too long')
if self.debugging > 1:
print('*get*', repr(line))
if not line: raise EOFError
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py b/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py
index 19fb10a..5ab87c4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py
@@ -584,6 +584,11 @@ class NNTPv1Handler:
<a4929a40-6328-491a-aaaf-cb79ed7309a2@q2g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>
<f30c0419-f549-4218-848f-d7d0131da931@y3g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>
.""")
+ elif (group == 'comp.lang.python' and
+ date_str in ('20100101', '100101') and
+ time_str == '090000'):
+ self.push_lit('too long line' * 3000 +
+ '\n.')
else:
self.push_lit("""\
230 An empty list of newsarticles follows
@@ -1179,6 +1184,11 @@ class NNTPv1v2TestsMixin:
self.assertEqual(cm.exception.response,
"435 Article not wanted")
+ def test_too_long_lines(self):
+ dt = datetime.datetime(2010, 1, 1, 9, 0, 0)
+ self.assertRaises(nntplib.NNTPDataError,
+ self.server.newnews, "comp.lang.python", dt)
+
class NNTPv1Tests(NNTPv1v2TestsMixin, MockedNNTPTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
"""Tests an NNTP v1 server (no capabilities)."""