Minimal backport of #9497 to rec-4.2.x

diff --git a/pdns/dnsparser.cc b/pdns/dnsparser.cc
index f89ff3f67a003b77c016000620c4aab5b4bcb9fb..dbbbaf6ac5ee30c856574e0d335bc701e8b7f9d9 100644 (file)
--- a/pdns/dnsparser.cc
+++ b/pdns/dnsparser.cc
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ public:
     out.reserve(total+1);
     for(unsigned int n=0; n < total; ++n) {
       int c;
-      sscanf(relevant.c_str()+2*n, "%02x", &c);
+      if (sscanf(&relevant.at(2*n), "%02x", &c) != 1) {
+        throw MOADNSException("unable to read data at position " + std::to_string(2 * n) + " from unknown record of size " + std::to_string(relevant.size()));
+      }
       out.append(1, (char)c);
     }