diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man index 225376574a26a9..fce2bdf49304a1 100644 --- a/Misc/python.man +++ b/Misc/python.man @@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ Set implementation specific option. The following options are available: -X pycache_prefix=PATH: enable writing .pyc files to a parallel tree rooted at the given directory instead of to the code tree. + + -X int_max_str_digits=number: limit the size of int<->str conversions. + This helps avoid denial of service attacks when parsing untrusted data. + The default is sys.int_info.default_max_str_digits. 0 disables. + .TP .B \-x Skip the first line of the source. This is intended for a DOS @@ -477,6 +482,11 @@ values. The integer must be a decimal number in the range [0,4294967295]. Specifying the value 0 will disable hash randomization. +.IP PYTHONINTMAXSTRDIGITS +Limit the maximum digit characters in an int value +when converting from a string and when converting an int back to a str. +A value of 0 disables the limit. Conversions to or from bases 2, 4, 8, +16, and 32 are never limited. .IP PYTHONMALLOC Set the Python memory allocators and/or install debug hooks. The available memory allocators are