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-rw-r--r--src/src/auths/get_data.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/src/auths/get_data.c b/src/src/auths/get_data.c
index 602a1181a..88359658a 100644
--- a/src/src/auths/get_data.c
+++ b/src/src/auths/get_data.c
@@ -168,14 +168,20 @@ if (!ss)
len = Ustrlen(ss);
/* The character ^ is used as an escape for a binary zero character, which is
-needed for the PLAIN mechanism. It must be doubled if really needed. */
+needed for the PLAIN mechanism. It must be doubled if really needed.
+
+The parsing ambiguity of ^^^ is taken as ^^ -> ^ ; ^ -> NUL - and there is
+no way to get a leading ^ after a NUL. We would need to intro new syntax to
+support that (probably preferring to take a more-standard exim list as a source
+and concat the elements with intervening NULs. Either a magic marker on the
+source string for client_send, or a new option). */
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
if (ss[i] == '^')
if (ss[i+1] != '^')
ss[i] = 0;
else
- if (--len > ++i) memmove(ss + i, ss + i + 1, len - i);
+ if (--len > i+1) memmove(ss + i + 1, ss + i + 2, len - i);
/* The first string is attached to the AUTH command; others are sent
unembellished. */