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-rw-r--r--gnu/local.mk1
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/python-CVE-2020-26116.patch47
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/python.scm1
3 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 7f0b69cacf..897de3eaf9 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1515,6 +1515,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/python-3-fix-tests.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/python-3.8-fix-tests.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/python-CVE-2018-14647.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/python-CVE-2020-26116.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/python-aionotify-0.2.0-py3.8.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/python-argcomplete-1.11.1-fish31.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/python-axolotl-AES-fix.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/python-CVE-2020-26116.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/python-CVE-2020-26116.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc0571e964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/python-CVE-2020-26116.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+Fix CVE-2020-26116:
+
+https://cve.circl.lu/cve/CVE-2020-26116
+https://bugs.python.org/issue39603
+
+Taken from upstream (sans test and NEWS update):
+https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/668d321476d974c4f51476b33aaca870272523bf
+
+diff --git a/Lib/http/client.py b/Lib/http/client.py
+--- a/Lib/http/client.py
++++ b/Lib/http/client.py
+@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@
+ # _is_allowed_url_pchars_re = re.compile(r"^[/!$&'()*+,;=:@%a-zA-Z0-9._~-]+$")
+ # We are more lenient for assumed real world compatibility purposes.
+
++# These characters are not allowed within HTTP method names
++# to prevent http header injection.
++_contains_disallowed_method_pchar_re = re.compile('[\x00-\x1f]')
++
+ # We always set the Content-Length header for these methods because some
+ # servers will otherwise respond with a 411
+ _METHODS_EXPECTING_BODY = {'PATCH', 'POST', 'PUT'}
+@@ -1087,6 +1091,8 @@ def putrequest(self, method, url, skip_host=False,
+ else:
+ raise CannotSendRequest(self.__state)
+
++ self._validate_method(method)
++
+ # Save the method for use later in the response phase
+ self._method = method
+
+@@ -1177,6 +1183,15 @@ def _encode_request(self, request):
+ # ASCII also helps prevent CVE-2019-9740.
+ return request.encode('ascii')
+
++ def _validate_method(self, method):
++ """Validate a method name for putrequest."""
++ # prevent http header injection
++ match = _contains_disallowed_method_pchar_re.search(method)
++ if match:
++ raise ValueError(
++ f"method can't contain control characters. {method!r} "
++ f"(found at least {match.group()!r})")
++
+ def _validate_path(self, url):
+ """Validate a url for putrequest."""
+ # Prevent CVE-2019-9740.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 43704bccae..533b2bdeff 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ data types.")
(uri (string-append "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/"
version "/Python-" version ".tar.xz"))
(patches (search-patches
+ "python-CVE-2020-26116.patch"
"python-3-fix-tests.patch"
"python-3.8-fix-tests.patch"
"python-3-deterministic-build-info.patch"