cpython/Lib/test/support
Gregory P. Smith cec1e9dfd7
[3.9] gh-95778: CVE-2020-10735: Prevent DoS by very large int() (#96502)
* Correctly pre-check for int-to-str conversion (#96537)

Converting a large enough `int` to a decimal string raises `ValueError` as expected. However, the raise comes _after_ the quadratic-time base-conversion algorithm has run to completion. For effective DOS prevention, we need some kind of check before entering the quadratic-time loop. Oops! =)

The quick fix: essentially we catch _most_ values that exceed the threshold up front. Those that slip through will still be on the small side (read: sufficiently fast), and will get caught by the existing check so that the limit remains exact.

The justification for the current check. The C code check is:
```c
max_str_digits / (3 * PyLong_SHIFT) <= (size_a - 11) / 10
```

In GitHub markdown math-speak, writing $M$ for `max_str_digits`, $L$ for `PyLong_SHIFT` and $s$ for `size_a`, that check is:
$$\left\lfloor\frac{M}{3L}\right\rfloor \le \left\lfloor\frac{s - 11}{10}\right\rfloor$$

From this it follows that
$$\frac{M}{3L} < \frac{s-1}{10}$$
hence that
$$\frac{L(s-1)}{M} > \frac{10}{3} > \log_2(10).$$
So
$$2^{L(s-1)} > 10^M.$$
But our input integer $a$ satisfies $|a| \ge 2^{L(s-1)}$, so $|a|$ is larger than $10^M$. This shows that we don't accidentally capture anything _below_ the intended limit in the check.

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* Issue: gh-95778
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Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith [Google LLC] <greg@krypto.org>
Co-authored-by: Christian Heimes <christian@python.org>
Co-authored-by: Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>
2022-09-05 11:21:03 +02:00
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__init__.py [3.9] gh-95778: CVE-2020-10735: Prevent DoS by very large int() (#96502) 2022-09-05 11:21:03 +02:00
bytecode_helper.py bpo-18578: Rename and document test.bytecode_helper as test.support.bytecode_helper (GH-15168) 2019-09-12 10:02:59 +01:00
hashlib_helper.py [3.9] bpo-45042: Now test classes decorated with requires_hashdigest are not skipped (GH-28060) (GH-28169) 2021-09-05 09:41:33 +03:00
logging_helper.py bpo-40275: Avoid importing logging in test.support (GH-19601) 2020-04-25 11:35:18 +03:00
script_helper.py bpo-38991: Remove test.support.strip_python_stderr() (GH-17490) 2019-12-08 08:38:16 +01:00
socket_helper.py bpo-40275: Fix name error in support.socket_helper (GH-19825) 2020-05-01 02:35:24 +02:00
testresult.py [3.9] bpo-45057: Simplify RegressionTestResult (GH-28081) (GH-28103) 2021-09-01 09:45:09 +03:00
warnings_helper.py [3.9] bpo-44852: Support ignoring specific DeprecationWarnings wholesale in regrtest (GH-27634) (GH-27785) 2021-08-16 22:47:08 +02:00