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Using an invalid username or password while attempting to authenticate against HTTPS via the urllib2 module resulted in infinite recursion. This behavior has been patched, and urllib2 now attempts authentication a maximum of five times before authentication is considered failed.
DescriptionMurilo Opsfelder Araujo
2010-11-03 12:29:15 UTC
Description of problem:
When you try to authenticate against an HTTPS using urllib2 python module it dies in a loop.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
# rpm -qa python
python-2.6.5-3.el6.x86_64
How reproducible:
Always.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a python code that calls urllib2.urlopen with an invalid username and password
2.
3.
Actual results:
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/socket.py", line 504, in create_connection
sock = socket(af, socktype, proto)
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object
Expected results:
It should raise an error or die.
Additional info:
This has been fixed by upstream:
http://bugs.python.org/issue8797
Reproducible with vanilla 2.6.5 stdlib
Reproducible with python-2.6.5-3.el6.x86_64
Works OK for me with python-2.6.6-1.el6.x86_64
Works OK for me with python-2.6.6-9.el6.x86_64
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Using an invalid username or password while attempting to authenticate against HTTPS via the urllib2 module resulted in infinite recursion. This behavior has been patched, and urllib2 now attempts authentication a maximum of five times before authentication is considered failed.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0554.html
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0554.html
Description of problem: When you try to authenticate against an HTTPS using urllib2 python module it dies in a loop. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # rpm -qa python python-2.6.5-3.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a python code that calls urllib2.urlopen with an invalid username and password 2. 3. Actual results: File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/socket.py", line 504, in create_connection sock = socket(af, socktype, proto) RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object Expected results: It should raise an error or die. Additional info: This has been fixed by upstream: http://bugs.python.org/issue8797