[hackers] [st][PATCH] set upper limit for REP escape sequence argument

[Tommi Hirvola]

Previously, printf 'L\033[2147483647b' would call tputc('L') 2^31 times,
making st unresponsive. This commit allows repeating the last character
at most 65535 times in order to prevent freezing and DoS attacks.
---
 st.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 77c3e8a..683493d 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ csihandle(void)
                        ttywrite(vtiden, strlen(vtiden), 0);
                break;
        case 'b': /* REP -- if last char is printable print it <n> more times */
-               DEFAULT(csiescseq.arg[0], 1);
+               LIMIT(csiescseq.arg[0], 1, 65535);
                if (term.lastc)
                        while (csiescseq.arg[0]-- > 0)
                                tputc(term.lastc);
-- 
2.39.2