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Title: String length overflow in Tkinter
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Tkinter Versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 2.7
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: serhiy.storchaka Nosy List: gpolo, loewis, python-dev, serhiy.storchaka
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2014-05-22 14:42 by serhiy.storchaka, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit
tkinter_strlen_overflow.patch serhiy.storchaka, 2014-05-22 14:41 review
tkinter_strlen_overflow-2.7.patch serhiy.storchaka, 2014-05-22 14:59 Patch for 2.7 review
tkinter_strlen_overflow_alt.patch serhiy.storchaka, 2014-05-25 07:04 review
Messages (3)
msg218898 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-05-22 14:41
Tkinter converts str argument to C string and then pass it to Tcl. But Tcl handles string length as int and it can overflow if strlen() returns value > INT_MAX. Proposed patch introduces special conversion functions which ensure that string length will not overflow. It also corrects error message in getint(), getdouble() and getboolean() methods (e.g. "must be int or str" instead of "must be str") and adds tests for them.
msg219073 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-05-25 07:04
Here is a little simpler patch. Instead of checking string length in custom converter, it is checked after invocation of PyArg_ParseTuple. Also added bigmem tests.
msg219386 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-05-30 11:39
New changeset 59468bd68789 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '2.7':
Issue #21552: Fixed possible integer overflow of too long string lengths in
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/59468bd68789

New changeset a90cddfd9e47 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.4':
Issue #21552: Fixed possible integer overflow of too long string lengths in
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a90cddfd9e47

New changeset 5b80af12ccb7 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'default':
Issue #21552: Fixed possible integer overflow of too long string lengths in
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5b80af12ccb7

New changeset 8c96af2fba28 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '2.7':
Fixed possible integer overflow in getint, getdouble and getboolean too (issue #21552).
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8c96af2fba28
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:03adminsetgithub: 65751
2014-06-01 14:09:49serhiy.storchakasetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2014-05-30 11:39:16python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg219386
2014-05-25 07:04:12serhiy.storchakasetfiles: + tkinter_strlen_overflow_alt.patch

messages: + msg219073
2014-05-22 14:59:13serhiy.storchakasetfiles: + tkinter_strlen_overflow-2.7.patch
2014-05-22 14:42:02serhiy.storchakacreate