--- httplib.py	2009-08-04 13:28:16.000000000 +0200
+++ httplib.py	2009-08-21 15:46:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@
 
 # maximal amount of data to read at one time in _safe_read
 MAXAMOUNT = 1048576
+# maximal aumount of data to read at HTTP Status Line
+MAXSTATUS = 256
 
 class HTTPMessage(mimetools.Message):
 
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@
 
     def _read_status(self):
         # Initialize with Simple-Response defaults
-        line = self.fp.readline()
+        line = self.fp.readline(MAXSTATUS)
         if self.debuglevel > 0:
             print "reply:", repr(line)
         if not line: