[1.3.x] Fixed a security issue in image uploading. Disclosure and release forthcoming.

apollo13 · apollo13 · commit 9ca0ff6268ee · 2012-07-30T21:55:23.000+02:00
Backport of dd16b17 from master.
diff --git a/django/core/files/images.py b/django/core/files/images.py
@@ -47,13 +47,18 @@ def get_image_dimensions(file_or_path, close=False):
         file = open(file_or_path, 'rb')
         close = True
     try:
+        # Most of the time PIL only needs a small chunk to parse the image and
+        # get the dimensions, but with some TIFF files PIL needs to parse the
+        # whole file.
+        chunk_size = 1024
         while 1:
-            data = file.read(1024)
+            data = file.read(chunk_size)
             if not data:
                 break
             p.feed(data)
             if p.image:
                 return p.image.size
+            chunk_size = chunk_size*2
         return None
     finally:
         if close:
