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[3.12] gh-130655: Add a test for bad magic numbers in .mo files parsed by gettext (GH-131909) #132078

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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions Lib/test/test_gettext.py
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'''

# .mo file with an invalid magic number
GNU_MO_DATA_BAD_MAGIC_NUMBER = base64.b64encode(b'ABCD')

# This data contains an invalid major version number (5)
# An unexpected major version number should be treated as an error when
# parsing a .mo file
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LOCALEDIR = os.path.join('xx', 'LC_MESSAGES')
MOFILE = os.path.join(LOCALEDIR, 'gettext.mo')
MOFILE_BAD_MAGIC_NUMBER = os.path.join(LOCALEDIR, 'gettext_bad_magic_number.mo')
MOFILE_BAD_MAJOR_VERSION = os.path.join(LOCALEDIR, 'gettext_bad_major_version.mo')
MOFILE_BAD_MINOR_VERSION = os.path.join(LOCALEDIR, 'gettext_bad_minor_version.mo')
UMOFILE = os.path.join(LOCALEDIR, 'ugettext.mo')
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os.makedirs(LOCALEDIR)
with open(MOFILE, 'wb') as fp:
fp.write(base64.decodebytes(GNU_MO_DATA))
with open(MOFILE_BAD_MAGIC_NUMBER, 'wb') as fp:
fp.write(base64.decodebytes(GNU_MO_DATA_BAD_MAGIC_NUMBER))
with open(MOFILE_BAD_MAJOR_VERSION, 'wb') as fp:
fp.write(base64.decodebytes(GNU_MO_DATA_BAD_MAJOR_VERSION))
with open(MOFILE_BAD_MINOR_VERSION, 'wb') as fp:
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def test_textdomain(self):
self.assertEqual(gettext.textdomain(), 'gettext')

def test_bad_magic_number(self):
with open(MOFILE_BAD_MAGIC_NUMBER, 'rb') as fp:
with self.assertRaises(OSError) as cm:
gettext.GNUTranslations(fp)

exception = cm.exception
self.assertEqual(exception.errno, 0)
self.assertEqual(exception.strerror, "Bad magic number")
self.assertEqual(exception.filename, MOFILE_BAD_MAGIC_NUMBER)

def test_bad_major_version(self):
with open(MOFILE_BAD_MAJOR_VERSION, 'rb') as fp:
with self.assertRaises(OSError) as cm:
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