Fix bug 427345 [related to IE's additional input on POST request].
diff --git a/Lib/CGIHTTPServer.py b/Lib/CGIHTTPServer.py
index b3f922b..f14ebba 100644
--- a/Lib/CGIHTTPServer.py
+++ b/Lib/CGIHTTPServer.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
import urllib
import BaseHTTPServer
import SimpleHTTPServer
+import select
class CGIHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
@@ -199,6 +200,9 @@
if pid != 0:
# Parent
pid, sts = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
+ # throw away additional data [see bug #427345]
+ while select.select([self.rfile], [], [], 0)[0]:
+ waste = self.rfile.read(1)
if sts:
self.log_error("CGI script exit status %#x", sts)
return
@@ -244,6 +248,9 @@
if self.command.lower() == "post" and nbytes > 0:
data = self.rfile.read(nbytes)
fi.write(data)
+ # throw away additional data [see bug #427345]
+ while select.select([self.rfile._sock], [], [], 0)[0]:
+ waste = self.rfile._sock.recv(1)
fi.close()
shutil.copyfileobj(fo, self.wfile)
if self.have_popen3: