From: Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:26:01 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add a length check to aifc to ensure it doesn't write a bogus file
X-Git-Tag: v2.5b1~350
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6067f20172842775933b4089ebdf9cbcdd4deb7c;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Add a length check to aifc to ensure it doesn't write a bogus file
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diff --git a/Lib/aifc.py b/Lib/aifc.py
index 781d77cee400..a5f86be455b5 100644
--- a/Lib/aifc.py
+++ b/Lib/aifc.py
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ def _write_long(f, x):
     f.write(struct.pack('>L', x))
 
 def _write_string(f, s):
+    if len(s) > 255:
+        raise ValueError("string exceeds maximum pstring length")
     f.write(chr(len(s)))
     f.write(s)
     if len(s) & 1 == 0: