[issue10876] Zipfile crashes when zip password is set to 610/844/numerous other numbers

2011-01-10 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Well, the password-checking scheme uses a one-byte check against the zip header for consistency. So there is a (near) 1/256 chance of false positives, that is of bad passwords mistakenly detected as good; then the ZipFile class proceeds with unarchiving and

[issue10876] Zipfile crashes when zip password is set to 610/844/numerous other numbers

2011-01-09 Thread Kira Erethon
Kira Erethon added the comment: Update, tried this in another machine of mine, same exact code and this time it crashes at 68 -- title: Zipfile crashes when zip password is set to 610/844 -> Zipfile crashes when zip password is set to 610/844/numerous other numbers __

[issue10876] Zipfile crashes when zip password is set to 610/844

2011-01-09 Thread Kira Erethon
Changes by Kira Erethon : -- title: Zipfile crashes when zip password is set to 610 -> Zipfile crashes when zip password is set to 610/844 ___ Python tracker ___ ___