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merged 10 commits into from
May 12, 2023
4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions Lib/http/server.py
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Expand Up @@ -300,6 +300,10 @@ def parse_request(self):
# - Leading zeros MUST be ignored by recipients.
if len(version_number) != 2:
raise ValueError
if any(not component.isdigit() for component in version_number):
raise ValueError("non digit in http version")
if any(len(component) > 10 for component in version_number):
raise ValueError("unreasonable length http version")
version_number = int(version_number[0]), int(version_number[1])
except (ValueError, IndexError):
self.send_error(
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21 changes: 21 additions & 0 deletions Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
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Expand Up @@ -164,6 +164,27 @@ def test_version_digits(self):
res = self.con.getresponse()
self.assertEqual(res.status, HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)

def test_version_signs_and_underscores(self):
self.con._http_vsn_str = 'HTTP/-9_9_9.+9_9_9'
self.con.putrequest('GET', '/')
self.con.endheaders()
res = self.con.getresponse()
self.assertEqual(res.status, HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)

def test_major_version_number_too_long(self):
self.con._http_vsn_str = 'HTTP/909876543210.0'
self.con.putrequest('GET', '/')
self.con.endheaders()
res = self.con.getresponse()
self.assertEqual(res.status, HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)

def test_minor_version_number_too_long(self):
self.con._http_vsn_str = 'HTTP/1.909876543210'
self.con.putrequest('GET', '/')
self.con.endheaders()
res = self.con.getresponse()
self.assertEqual(res.status, HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)

def test_version_none_get(self):
self.con._http_vsn_str = ''
self.con.putrequest('GET', '/')
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Fixes :mod:`http.server` accepting HTTP requests with HTTP version numbers
preceded by '+', or '-', or with digit-separating '_' characters. The length
of the version numbers is also constrained.