From 6b069fabe7743a672a6b40d99e74cfd66efc502d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:56:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] now bail if ARgv[1] > MAXPATHLEN

---
 sudo.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sudo.c b/sudo.c
index d2cfeb0d1..7b760ea18 100644
--- a/sudo.c
+++ b/sudo.c
@@ -586,7 +586,12 @@ static void load_cmnd()
 {
     char path[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
 
-    strncpy(path, Argv[1], MAXPATHLEN)[MAXPATHLEN] = 0;
+    if (strlen(Argv[1]) >= sizeof(path)) {
+	(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: Pathname too long\n", Argv[0], Argv[1]);
+	exit(1);
+    }
+
+    (void) strcpy(path, Argv[1]);
 
     cmnd = find_path(path);	/* get the absolute path */
     if (cmnd == NULL) {