[New-bugs-announce] [issue43418] FTPLib module crashes when server returns byte message instead of string

[Hugo Chia]

New submission from Hugo Chia <hugochiaxyz8 at gmail.com>:

https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie/issues/1394

https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie/pull/1396

Above are some of the links mentioning the issue with the FTPLib module. It happens when the FTP server returns a byte message instead of a string. Ftplib expects a string and does not account for receiving a byte message

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 388198
nosy: hugochiaxyz8
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: FTPLib module crashes when server returns byte message instead of string
type: crash
versions: Python 3.7

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