Issue 1168427: Possible windows+python bug (original) (raw)

Created on 2005-03-22 15:38 by holo9, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (5)
msg24756 - (view)	Author: holo9 (holo9)	Date: 2005-03-22 15:38
This bug is produced on WindowsXP SP1 (OSVer : 5_1_2600) with Python2.3 installed. Start Python and type (of course x.x.x.x should be replaced with IP address): import socket s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_RAW,4) s.sendto("",("x.x.x.x",0)) Press ENTER and your win box should crash immediately. On my test after restart windows returned BCCode : d1. By the way, IP protocol 0x04 is "IP over IP", and I could send such datagrams month ago with Python (although Microsoft has crippled some protocols). Now, this is maybe specific to this configuration, or it could be due to some driver (BCCode: d1 is specific for drivers related problems). It needs further testing on different configurations. Note that the problem doesn't appears when string in sendto() function is not empty.
msg24757 - (view)	Author: Grant Olson (logistix)	Date: 2005-03-24 02:18
Logged In: YES user_id=699438 Running your reproducable on XP SP2 (with real IP) returns "socket.error: (10022, 'Invalid argument')" for me without a hard crash.
msg24758 - (view)	Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) *	Date: 2005-03-30 19:37
Logged In: YES user_id=593130 Do you get the same problem with either of the current releases (2.3.5 and/or 2.4.1)?
msg24759 - (view)	Author: holo9 (holo9)	Date: 2005-03-30 21:15
Logged In: YES user_id=1244385 I tested this on Python 2.3.4. But there is no problem in Python. This bug could be reproduced in C, for example. The main problem is in Windows built-in firewall. For explanation take a look at: http://seclist.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Mar/0409.html
msg24760 - (view)	Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) *	Date: 2005-03-31 02:04
Logged In: YES user_id=593130 If there is no problem in Python itself, then perhaps you could close this.