bpo-37461: Fix infinite loop in parsing of specially crafted email headers (GH-14794) (GH-14817)

Some crafted email header would cause the get_parameter method to run in an
infinite loop causing a DoS attack surface when parsing those headers. This
patch fixes that by making sure the DQUOTE character is handled to prevent
going into an infinite loop.
(cherry picked from commit a4a994b)

Co-authored-by: Abhilash Raj <maxking@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 2 people

Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py

@@ -2366,6 +2366,9 @@ def get_parameter(value):
         while value:
             if value[0] in WSP:
                 token, value = get_fws(value)
+            elif value[0] == '"':
+                token = ValueTerminal('"', 'DQUOTE')
+                value = value[1:]
             else:
                 token, value = get_qcontent(value)
             v.append(token)

Lib/test/test_email/test__header_value_parser.py

@@ -2601,6 +2601,13 @@ def mime_parameters_as_value(self,
             # Defects are apparent missing *0*, and two 'out of sequence'.
             [errors.InvalidHeaderDefect]*3),
 
+        # bpo-37461: Check that we don't go into an infinite loop.
+        'extra_dquote': (
+            'r*="\'a\'\\"',
+            ' r="\\""',
+            'r*=\'a\'"',
+            [('r', '"')],
+            [errors.InvalidHeaderDefect]*2),
     }
 
 @parameterize

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2019-07-16-08-11-00.bpo-37461.1Ahz7O.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix an inifite loop when parsing specially crafted email headers. Patch by
+Abhilash Raj.