[New-bugs-announce] [issue37491] IndexError in get_bare_quoted_string

[Abhilash Raj]

New submission from Abhilash Raj <raj.abhilash1 at gmail.com>:

from email.parser import BytesParser, Parser
from email.policy import default

payload = 'Content-Type:x;\x1b*="\'G\'\\"""""'
msg = Parser(policy=default).parsestr(payload)
print(msg.get('content-type'))


When trying to review PR for BPO 37461, I found another bug where an IndexError
is raised if there aren't closing quote characters in the input message:

Suggested patch:

@@ -1191,7 +1192,7 @@ def get_bare_quoted_string(value):
             "expected '\"' but found '{}'".format(value))
     bare_quoted_string = BareQuotedString()
     value = value[1:]
-    if value[0] == '"':
+    if value and value[0] == '"':
         token, value = get_qcontent(value)
         bare_quoted_string.append(token)
     while value and value[0] != '"':

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components: email
messages: 347190
nosy: barry, maxking, r.david.murray
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: IndexError in get_bare_quoted_string
type: crash
versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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