Mail(1) gets SIGSEGV whilst processing mailbox.

Fix: The work-around I implemented was:
	# cd /usr/ports/mail/mutt
	# make
	# make install
	:-)

	I found (and fixed) what appeared to be a number of potential
	buffer overflows in copyin(), nextword() and parse() (all of
	which take char array with no size as an argument).  This
	didn't help.

	Further investigation with gdb shows that skin() reads
	arbitrarily-sized input into a fixed size buffer.  A quick
	fix for this is below.  This fixed my problem with the
	above message, but I don't know if it's safe in general.



Peter
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Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ)                    peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au
Alcatel Australia Limited
41 Mandible St                          Phone: +61 2 9690 5019
ALEXANDRIA  NSW  2015                   Fax:   +61 2 9690 5982--5t4Vo0wlalCmJ535CjClM6LmRdSvFY6HCEMFpvOVuOiHlOaD
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Index: aux.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/CVSROOT/src/usr.bin/mail/aux.c,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 aux.c
--- aux.c	1997/07/24 06:56:33	1.4
+++ aux.c	1999/10/01 04:32:09
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
 	register char *cp, *cp2;
 	char *bufend;
 	int gotlt, lastsp;
-	char nbuf[BUFSIZ];
+	char *nbuf = alloca(strlen(name));
 
 	if (name == NOSTR)
 		return(NOSTR);
How-To-Repeat: 
	Create a file containing the following (between the '===') and
	feed it to mail with `mail -f file'. (The mail addresses have
	been munged both to protect the guilty and to enable the
	location of the failure to be more accurately identified).

	Mail reports:
Mail version 8.1 6/6/93.  Type ? for help.
"file": 1 message 1 new
zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped)

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From aZZYZ.XZWZV@ZUZTZSZ.RZQ.ZP Mon Sep 27 18:11:11 1999
Return-Path: <ZOZNZ.MZLZK@ZJZIZHZ.GZF.ZE>
Received: from ZDZCZB.ZAZzZyZ.xZw.Zv (ZuZtZs.ZrZqZpZ.oZn.Zm [139.188.20.1])
	by ZlZkZj.ZiZhZgZ.fZe.Zd (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA17296
	for <jeremyp@ZcZbZa.YYXYWYV.YUY.TY>; Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:11:10 +1000 (EST)
	(envelope-from SYRYQ.YPYOY@NYMYLYK.YJY.IY)
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:05:26 +1000
From: WMWLW.KWJWI@WHWGWFW.EWD.WC (KYLIE SMITH)
Subject: Notification of future termination xxxxxxxx
To: WBW_AWzWyWxW@wWvWuW.tWsWrWq.WpW.oW
To: nWm_WlWkWjWi@WhWgWf.WeWdWcW.bWa.VV
To: UVT_VS@VRVQVP.VOVNVMV.LVK.VJ
To: VIV_HVGVFVE@VDVCVB.VAVzVyV.xVw.Vv
To: VuV_tVsVrVqV@pVoVnV.mVlVkVj.ViV.hV
To: gVf_VeVdV@cVbVaU.UTUSURU.QUP.UO
To: UNU_MULUKU@JUIUHU.GUFUEUD.UCU.BU
To: AUz_UyUxUw@UvUuUt.UsUrUqU.pUo.Un
To: UmU_lU@kUjUiU.hUgUfUe.UdU.cU
To: bUa_TTSTRTQT@PTOTNT.MTLTKTJ.TIT.HT
To: GTFTETDT.CTBTAT@zTyTxTw.TvT.uT
To: tTsTr.TqTpTo@TnTmTlT.kTj.Ti
To: ThTgTfT.eTdTcT@bTaSSRS.QSP.SO
To: SNSMSLSKSJ.SISHSGS@FSESDSC.SBS.AS
To: zSySxSwS.vSuStS@sSrSqSp.SoS.nS
To: mSlSkS.jS@iShSgSf.SeS.dS
To: cSbS.aRRQR@PRORNRM.RLR.KR
To: JRIRH.RGR@FRERDRC.RBR.AR
To: zRyRx.RwRv@RuRtRsR.rRq.Rp
To: RoRnRmRl.RkRjRi@RhRgRfR.eRd.Rc
To: RbRa.QQPQOQNQ@MQLQKQJ.QIQ.HQ
To: GQFQEQDQCQ.BQAQzQy@QxQwQvQ.uQt.Qs
To: QrQqQp.QoQnQmQ@lQkQjQi.QhQ.gQ
To: fQeQdQcQbQa.PPOPNPMPLP@KPJPIPH.PGP.FP
To: EPDPCPBP.APzP@yPxPwPv.PuP.tP
To: sPr.PqPpP@oPnPmPl.PkP.jP
To: iPhPgP.fPePd@PcPbPaO.ONO.MO
To: LOK.OJO@IOHOGOF.OEO.DO
To: COBO.AOzOyOxOw@OvOuOtO.sOr.Oq
To: OpOoOn.OmOlOkOjOiOhO@gOfOeOd.OcO.bO
To: aNNMN.LNKNJN@INHNGNF.NEN.DN
To: CNBNA.NzNyN@xNwNvNu.NtN.sN
To: rNqN.pNoNnNmN@lNkNjNi.NhN.gN
To: fNeN.dNcNb@NaMMLMK.MJM.IM
Reply-to: HMGMF.MEMDM@CMBMAMz.MyM.xM (KYLIE SMITH)
Message-id: <wMvMuMtMsMrM.qMp27452@MoMnMm.MlMkMjM.iMh.Mg>
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Termination Date : 01.10.1999

Employee No: xxxxxxxx UPI: ZZxxxxxxx
Employee Name : Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Work Address : A.2/1F .
Phone Extension :
Position title : xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx
Department : xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx
Supervisor : Zxxxx Yttttt

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	Invoking gdb on the core file shows %ebp contains 0x4d492e4d,
	which is "M.IM" after byte reversal.  This appears in the
	last `To:' address above.