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Given the character string "0x00A1B2C3" arriving at sys.argv[1] how do I
convert that to an integer which I can do some math on?

Le 26-08-2004, Derek Fountain <> a écrit*:
> Given the character string "0x00A1B2C3" arriving at sys.argv[1] how do I
> convert that to an integer which I can do some math on?

>>> s = "0x00A1B2C3"
>>> int(s, 16)
10597059


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Derek Fountain wrote:

> Given the character string "0x00A1B2C3" arriving at sys.argv[1] how do I
> convert that to an integer which I can do some math on?

i = eval(sys.argv[1])

Rick Holbert wrote:
> Derek Fountain wrote:
>>Given the character string "0x00A1B2C3" arriving at sys.argv[1] how do I
>>convert that to an integer which I can do some math on?
>
> i = eval(sys.argv[1])

That's dangerous advice to a newbie if not qualified carefully.

Derek, "eval" could be the source of serious security problems
if you don't understand its power. Specifically it should
almost never be used for input that comes from a user or
via the command line. There is pretty much always another
and much better way to do the simple stuff like conversions
than to use eval.

For example, imagine if a malicious could feed your program this:

(on the Linux command line)

$ myscript "__import_('os').system('rm -rf /')"

or the Windows version:

C:\> myscript "__import_('os').system('deltree /y c:\*.*')"

Bye-bye filesystem... (don't run these examples!)

-Peter

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Rick Holbert wrote:
>
>> Derek Fountain wrote:
>>
>>> Given the character string "0x00A1B2C3" arriving at sys.argv[1] how do I
>>> convert that to an integer which I can do some math on?
>>
>> i = eval(sys.argv[1])
>
> That's dangerous advice to a newbie if not qualified carefully.
>
> Derek, "eval" could be the source of serious security problems
> if you don't understand its power.

Yes, eval() is risky! Try to get rid of eval() or you MUST protect each and
every call to eval() with paranoid parameter checking!

int(sys.argv[1],16) would be a better approach here...

>>> int("0x00A1B2C3",16)
10597059
>>> int("__import_('os').system('rm -rf /')",16)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: invalid literal for int(): __import_('os').system('rm -rf /')
>>>

Ciao, Michael.

Peter Hansen <> writes:

> Rick Holbert wrote:
> > Derek Fountain wrote:
> >>Given the character string "0x00A1B2C3" arriving at sys.argv[1] how do I
> >>convert that to an integer which I can do some math on?
> > i = eval(sys.argv[1])
>
> That's dangerous advice to a newbie if not qualified carefully.
>
> Derek, "eval" could be the source of serious security problems
> if you don't understand its power. Specifically it should
> almost never be used for input that comes from a user or
> via the command line. There is pretty much always another
> and much better way to do the simple stuff like conversions
> than to use eval.
>
> For example, imagine if a malicious could feed your program this:
>
> (on the Linux command line)
>
> $ myscript "__import_('os').system('rm -rf /')"

Well, in this situation, he could just type

$ rm -rf /

But, yes.

Cheers,
mwh

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Michael Hudson wrote:

> Peter Hansen <> writes:
>
>
>>Rick Holbert wrote:
>>
>>>Derek Fountain wrote:
>>>
>>>>Given the character string "0x00A1B2C3" arriving at sys.argv[1] how do I
>>>>convert that to an integer which I can do some math on?
>>>
>>>i = eval(sys.argv[1])
>>
>>That's dangerous advice to a newbie if not qualified carefully.
>>
>>Derek, "eval" could be the source of serious security problems
>>if you don't understand its power. Specifically it should
>>almost never be used for input that comes from a user or
>>via the command line. There is pretty much always another
>>and much better way to do the simple stuff like conversions
>>than to use eval.
>>
>>For example, imagine if a malicious could feed your program this:
>>
>>(on the Linux command line)
>>
>> $ myscript "__import_('os').system('rm -rf /')"
>
> Well, in this situation, he could just type
>
> $ rm -rf /
>
> But, yes.

He could if he were on the same system, but it's quite possible
that sys.argv[1] in this particular program is actually coming
from a remote system in some manner (web?). But, yes.

-Peter