Issue #13703: add a way to randomize the hash values of basic types (str, bytes, datetime)
in order to make algorithmic complexity attacks on (e.g.) web apps much more complicated.
The environment variable PYTHONHASHSEED and the new command line flag -R control this
behavior.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
index c4b8be5..eacd7a6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
import os
import test.support, unittest
-import os
import sys
import subprocess
@@ -190,6 +189,22 @@
self.assertTrue(path1.encode('ascii') in stdout)
self.assertTrue(path2.encode('ascii') in stdout)
+ def test_hash_randomization(self):
+ # Verify that -R enables hash randomization:
+ self.verify_valid_flag('-R')
+ hashes = []
+ for i in range(2):
+ code = 'print(hash("spam"))'
+ data, rc = self.start_python_and_exit_code('-R', '-c', code)
+ self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
+ hashes.append(data)
+ self.assertNotEqual(hashes[0], hashes[1])
+
+ # Verify that sys.flags contains hash_randomization
+ code = 'import sys; print("random is", sys.flags.hash_randomization)'
+ data, rc = self.start_python_and_exit_code('-R', '-c', code)
+ self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
+ self.assertIn(b'random is 1', data)
def test_main():
test.support.run_unittest(CmdLineTest)