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-rw-r--r--src/src/host.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/src/host.c b/src/src/host.c
index a00d048f6..30d54b481 100644
--- a/src/src/host.c
+++ b/src/src/host.c
@@ -945,13 +945,15 @@ else
/* If there is no buffer, put the string into some new store. */
-if (buffer == NULL) return string_copy(yield);
+if (!buffer) buffer = store_get(46, FALSE);
/* Callers of this function with a non-NULL buffer must ensure that it is
large enough to hold an IPv6 address, namely, at least 46 bytes. That's what
-makes this use of strcpy() OK. */
+makes this use of strcpy() OK.
+If the library returned apparently an apparently tainted string, clean it;
+we trust IP addresses. */
-Ustrcpy(buffer, yield);
+string_format_nt(buffer, 46, "%s", yield);
return buffer;
}