From 391511ccaaf0050970dfbe95bf2df1bcf6c33440 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:02:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-37461: Fix infinite loop in parsing of specially crafted email headers (GH-14794) * bpo-37461: Fix infinite loop in parsing of specially crafted email headers. Some crafted email header would cause the get_parameter method to run in an infinite loop causing a DoS attack surface when parsing those headers. This patch fixes that by making sure the DQUOTE character is handled to prevent going into an infinite loop. (cherry picked from commit a4a994bd3e619cbaff97610a1cee8ffa87c672f5) Co-authored-by: Abhilash Raj --- Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py | 3 +++ Lib/test/test_email/test__header_value_parser.py | 7 +++++++ .../next/Security/2019-07-16-08-11-00.bpo-37461.1Ahz7O.rst | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2019-07-16-08-11-00.bpo-37461.1Ahz7O.rst --- a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py +++ b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py @@ -2387,6 +2387,9 @@ def get_parameter(value): while value: if value[0] in WSP: token, value = get_fws(value) + elif value[0] == '"': + token = ValueTerminal('"', 'DQUOTE') + value = value[1:] else: token, value = get_qcontent(value) v.append(token) --- a/Lib/test/test_email/test__header_value_parser.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test__header_value_parser.py @@ -2621,6 +2621,13 @@ class Test_parse_mime_parameters(TestPar # Defects are apparent missing *0*, and two 'out of sequence'. [errors.InvalidHeaderDefect]*3), + # bpo-37461: Check that we don't go into an infinite loop. + 'extra_dquote': ( + 'r*="\'a\'\\"', + ' r="\\""', + 'r*=\'a\'"', + [('r', '"')], + [errors.InvalidHeaderDefect]*2), } @parameterize --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2019-07-16-08-11-00.bpo-37461.1Ahz7O.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Fix an inifite loop when parsing specially crafted email headers. Patch by +Abhilash Raj.