This patch comes from upstream: http://bugs.python.org/issue22928
It can be removed when upgrading to 2.7.10 or later.
--- Python-2.7.9/Lib/httplib.py.~1~ 2014-12-10 07:59:36.000000000 -0800
+++ Python-2.7.9/Lib/httplib.py 2016-06-16 17:22:22.966389255 -0700
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
from array import array
import os
+import re
import socket
from sys import py3kwarning
from urlparse import urlsplit
@@ -218,6 +219,34 @@
# maximum amount of headers accepted
_MAXHEADERS = 100
+# Header name/value ABNF (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2)
+#
+# VCHAR = %x21-7E
+# obs-text = %x80-FF
+# header-field = field-name ":" OWS field-value OWS
+# field-name = token
+# field-value = *( field-content / obs-fold )
+# field-content = field-vchar [ 1*( SP / HTAB ) field-vchar ]
+# field-vchar = VCHAR / obs-text
+#
+# obs-fold = CRLF 1*( SP / HTAB )
+# ; obsolete line folding
+# ; see Section 3.2.4
+
+# token = 1*tchar
+#
+# tchar = "!" / "#" / "$" / "%" / "&" / "'" / "*"
+# / "+" / "-" / "." / "^" / "_" / "`" / "|" / "~"
+# / DIGIT / ALPHA
+# ; any VCHAR, except delimiters
+#
+# VCHAR defined in http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5234#appendix-B.1
+
+# the patterns for both name and value are more leniant than RFC
+# definitions to allow for backwards compatibility
+_is_legal_header_name = re.compile(r'\A[^:\s][^:\r\n]*\Z').match
+_is_illegal_header_value = re.compile(r'\n(?![ \t])|\r(?![ \t\n])').search
+
class HTTPMessage(mimetools.Message):
@@ -978,7 +1007,16 @@
if self.__state != _CS_REQ_STARTED:
raise CannotSendHeader()
- hdr = '%s: %s' % (header, '\r\n\t'.join([str(v) for v in values]))
+ header = '%s' % header
+ if not _is_legal_header_name(header):
+ raise ValueError('Invalid header name %r' % (header,))
+
+ values = [str(v) for v in values]
+ for one_value in values:
+ if _is_illegal_header_value(one_value):
+ raise ValueError('Invalid header value %r' % (one_value,))
+
+ hdr = '%s: %s' % (header, '\r\n\t'.join(values))
self._output(hdr)
def endheaders(self, message_body=None):
--- Python-2.7.9/Lib/test/test_httplib.py.~1~ 2014-12-10 07:59:44.000000000 -0800
+++ Python-2.7.9/Lib/test/test_httplib.py 2016-06-16 17:23:50.084656492 -0700
@@ -138,6 +138,33 @@
conn.putheader('Content-length',42)
self.assertIn('Content-length: 42', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('Foo', ' bar ')
+ self.assertIn(b'Foo: bar ', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('Bar', '\tbaz\t')
+ self.assertIn(b'Bar: \tbaz\t', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('Authorization', 'Bearer mytoken')
+ self.assertIn(b'Authorization: Bearer mytoken', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('IterHeader', 'IterA', 'IterB')
+ self.assertIn(b'IterHeader: IterA\r\n\tIterB', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('LatinHeader', b'\xFF')
+ self.assertIn(b'LatinHeader: \xFF', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('Utf8Header', b'\xc3\x80')
+ self.assertIn(b'Utf8Header: \xc3\x80', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('C1-Control', b'next\x85line')
+ self.assertIn(b'C1-Control: next\x85line', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('Embedded-Fold-Space', 'is\r\n allowed')
+ self.assertIn(b'Embedded-Fold-Space: is\r\n allowed', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('Embedded-Fold-Tab', 'is\r\n\tallowed')
+ self.assertIn(b'Embedded-Fold-Tab: is\r\n\tallowed', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('Key Space', 'value')
+ self.assertIn(b'Key Space: value', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader('KeySpace ', 'value')
+ self.assertIn(b'KeySpace : value', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader(b'Nonbreak\xa0Space', 'value')
+ self.assertIn(b'Nonbreak\xa0Space: value', conn._buffer)
+ conn.putheader(b'\xa0NonbreakSpace', 'value')
+ self.assertIn(b'\xa0NonbreakSpace: value', conn._buffer)
+
def test_ipv6host_header(self):
# Default host header on IPv6 transaction should wrapped by [] if
# its actual IPv6 address
@@ -157,6 +184,35 @@
conn.request('GET', '/foo')
self.assertTrue(sock.data.startswith(expected))
+ def test_invalid_headers(self):
+ conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('example.com')
+ conn.sock = FakeSocket('')
+ conn.putrequest('GET', '/')
+
+ # http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2.4, whitespace is no
+ # longer allowed in header names
+ cases = (
+ (b'Invalid\r\nName', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b'Invalid\rName', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b'Invalid\nName', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b'\r\nInvalidName', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b'\rInvalidName', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b'\nInvalidName', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b' InvalidName', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b'\tInvalidName', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b'Invalid:Name', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b':InvalidName', b'ValidValue'),
+ (b'ValidName', b'Invalid\r\nValue'),
+ (b'ValidName', b'Invalid\rValue'),
+ (b'ValidName', b'Invalid\nValue'),
+ (b'ValidName', b'InvalidValue\r\n'),
+ (b'ValidName', b'InvalidValue\r'),
+ (b'ValidName', b'InvalidValue\n'),
+ )
+ for name, value in cases:
+ with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'Invalid header'):
+ conn.putheader(name, value)
+
class BasicTest(TestCase):
def test_status_lines(self):