commit 8c460d52417e764fc21362087b9314dbc09039bd
author Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> Sun Feb 24 00:14:24 2008 +0000
committer Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> Sun Feb 24 00:14:24 2008 +0000
tree d2b4cf3f5bfed14bcbc5a04b52b8b0ad79364449
parent 2363503074a3f1c2dbe934bed0c865d326e34c1a

#1627: httplib now ignores negative Content-Length headers.

Lib/httplib.py

diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index bb4b59e..5696467 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -438,6 +438,9 @@
                 self.length = int(length)
             except ValueError:
                 self.length = None
+            else:
+                if self.length < 0:  # ignore nonsensical negative lengths
+                    self.length = None
         else:
             self.length = None