Crash syslog.syslog() in python by logging an empty zip-file.

crash_syslog.py

"""How to crash syslog.syslog 
 
File: crash_syslog.py 
 
Running this will product this output: 
 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
  File "./crash_syslog.py", line 12, in <module> 
    syslog(LOG_INFO, base64.b64decode(b64)) 
TypeError: [priority,] message string 
""" 
import base64 
from syslog import syslog, LOG_INFO 
 
 
b64 = 'UEsFBgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==' 
"""An empty zip file, base64 encoded"""  
if __name__ == '__main__': 
    syslog(LOG_INFO, base64.b64decode(b64))

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