[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): smtplib: limit amount read from the network (closes #16042)

[benjamin.peterson]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/923aac88a3cc
changeset:   93747:923aac88a3cc
branch:      2.7
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Fri Dec 05 20:05:18 2014 -0500
summary:
  smtplib: limit amount read from the network (closes #16042)

files:
  Lib/smtplib.py           |  11 ++++++++-
  Lib/test/test_smtplib.py |  30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
  Misc/NEWS                |   3 ++
  3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 SMTP_PORT = 25
 SMTP_SSL_PORT = 465
 CRLF = "\r\n"
+_MAXLINE = 8192 # more than 8 times larger than RFC 821, 4.5.3
 
 OLDSTYLE_AUTH = re.compile(r"auth=(.*)", re.I)
 
@@ -179,10 +180,14 @@
         def __init__(self, sslobj):
             self.sslobj = sslobj
 
-        def readline(self):
+        def readline(self, size=-1):
+            if size < 0:
+                size = None
             str = ""
             chr = None
             while chr != "\n":
+                if size is not None and len(str) >= size:
+                    break
                 chr = self.sslobj.read(1)
                 if not chr:
                     break
@@ -353,7 +358,7 @@
             self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb')
         while 1:
             try:
-                line = self.file.readline()
+                line = self.file.readline(_MAXLINE + 1)
             except socket.error as e:
                 self.close()
                 raise SMTPServerDisconnected("Connection unexpectedly closed: "
@@ -363,6 +368,8 @@
                 raise SMTPServerDisconnected("Connection unexpectedly closed")
             if self.debuglevel > 0:
                 print>>stderr, 'reply:', repr(line)
+            if len(line) > _MAXLINE:
+                raise SMTPResponseException(500, "Line too long.")
             resp.append(line[4:].strip())
             code = line[:3]
             # Check that the error code is syntactically correct.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_smtplib.py b/Lib/test/test_smtplib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_smtplib.py
@@ -292,6 +292,33 @@
                             HOST, self.port, 'localhost', 3)
 
 
+ at unittest.skipUnless(threading, 'Threading required for this test.')
+class TooLongLineTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    respdata = '250 OK' + ('.' * smtplib._MAXLINE * 2) + '\n'
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.old_stdout = sys.stdout
+        self.output = StringIO.StringIO()
+        sys.stdout = self.output
+
+        self.evt = threading.Event()
+        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.sock.settimeout(15)
+        self.port = test_support.bind_port(self.sock)
+        servargs = (self.evt, self.respdata, self.sock)
+        threading.Thread(target=server, args=servargs).start()
+        self.evt.wait()
+        self.evt.clear()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.evt.wait()
+        sys.stdout = self.old_stdout
+
+    def testLineTooLong(self):
+        self.assertRaises(smtplib.SMTPResponseException, smtplib.SMTP,
+                          HOST, self.port, 'localhost', 3)
+
+
 sim_users = {'Mr.A at somewhere.com':'John A',
              'Ms.B at somewhere.com':'Sally B',
              'Mrs.C at somewhereesle.com':'Ruth C',
@@ -526,7 +553,8 @@
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     test_support.run_unittest(GeneralTests, DebuggingServerTests,
                               NonConnectingTests,
-                              BadHELOServerTests, SMTPSimTests)
+                              BadHELOServerTests, SMTPSimTests,
+                              TooLongLineTests)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #16042: CVE-2013-1752: smtplib: Limit amount of data read by limiting
+  the call to readline().  Original patch by Christian Heimes.
+
 - Issue #16041: In poplib, limit maximum line length read from the server to
   prevent CVE-2013-1752.
 

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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython