[ python-Bugs-1757072 ] Zipfile robustness

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Bugs item #1757072, was opened at 2007-07-19 13:56
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Chris Mellon (arkanes)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Zipfile robustness

Initial Comment:
One of the ways that zipfile.ZipFile checks for a valid zipfile is by confirming that the specified comment length matches the found comment. I have encountered zipfiles in the wild that indicate a comment length of 0, but have filled the comment area with an arbitrary amount of nulls. In the interests of robustness, I think that "comment = comment.rstrip('\x00') should be added to the zipfile check.

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