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  r87373 | senthil.kumaran | 2010-12-18 17:55:23 +0100 (sam., 18 déc. 2010) | 3 lines

  Fix Issue6791 - Limit the HTTP header readline with _MAXLENGTH. Patch by Antoine Pitrou
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  r87381 | antoine.pitrou | 2010-12-18 18:59:18 +0100 (sam., 18 déc. 2010) | 3 lines

  NEWS entry for r87373
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diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py
index 5ac6c0d..8de604a 100644
--- a/Lib/http/server.py
+++ b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -314,8 +314,12 @@
         self.command, self.path, self.request_version = command, path, version
 
         # Examine the headers and look for a Connection directive.
-        self.headers = http.client.parse_headers(self.rfile,
-                                                 _class=self.MessageClass)
+        try:
+            self.headers = http.client.parse_headers(self.rfile,
+                                                     _class=self.MessageClass)
+        except http.client.LineTooLong:
+            self.send_error(400, "Line too long")
+            return False
 
         conntype = self.headers.get('Connection', "")
         if conntype.lower() == 'close':