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+From 478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>
+Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:21:49 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix buffer overflow in string_vformat. Bug 2449
+
+Fixes CVE-2019-16928:
+https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190928.003428.2b4c81a7.en.html
+
+Downloaded from upstream commit
+https://git.exim.org/exim.git/patch/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f
+
+[adjusted patch of string.c and removed patches for test/]
+Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
+---
+ src/string.c | 4 ++--
+ scripts/0000-Basic/0214 | 11 +++++++++++
+ stdout/0214 | 7 +++++++
+ 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/src/string.c b/src/src/string.c
+index c6549bf..3445f8a 100644
+--- a/src/string.c
++++ b/src/string.c
+@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ store_reset(g->s + (g->size = g->ptr + 1));
+ Arguments:
+ g the growable-string
+ p current end of data
+- count amount to grow by
++ count amount to grow by, offset from p
+ */
+
+ static void
+@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ while (*fp)
+ }
+ else if (g->ptr >= lim - width)
+ {
+- gstring_grow(g, g->ptr, width - (lim - g->ptr));
++ gstring_grow(g, g->ptr, width);
+ lim = g->size - 1;
+ gp = CS g->s + g->ptr;
+ }
+--
+1.9.1
+