curl_fnmatch: only allow 5 '*' sections in a single pattern

... to avoid excessive recursive calls. The number 5 is totally
arbitrary and could be modified if someone has a good motivation.

diff --git a/lib/curl_fnmatch.c b/lib/curl_fnmatch.c
index 5638e167a12029164c95573652133ff3ed7121e0..f33bba1f1b868a1fd18282338c29b53eae4fe145 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/curl_fnmatch.c
+++ b/lib/curl_fnmatch.c
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ fail:
   return SETCHARSET_FAIL;
 }
 
-static int loop(const unsigned char *pattern, const unsigned char *string)
+static int loop(const unsigned char *pattern, const unsigned char *string,
+                int maxstars)
 {
   loop_state state = CURLFNM_LOOP_DEFAULT;
   unsigned char *p = (unsigned char *)pattern;
@@ -313,11 +314,14 @@ static int loop(const unsigned char *pattern, const unsigned char *string)
     switch(state) {
     case CURLFNM_LOOP_DEFAULT:
       if(*p == '*') {
+        if(!maxstars)
+          return CURL_FNMATCH_NOMATCH;
         while(*(p + 1) == '*') /* eliminate multiple stars */
           p++;
         if(*s == '\0' && *(p + 1) == '\0')
           return CURL_FNMATCH_MATCH;
-        rc = loop(p + 1, s); /* *.txt matches .txt <=> .txt matches .txt */
+        rc = loop(p + 1, s, maxstars - 1); /* *.txt matches .txt <=>
+                                              .txt matches .txt */
         if(rc == CURL_FNMATCH_MATCH)
           return CURL_FNMATCH_MATCH;
         if(*s) /* let the star eat up one character */
@@ -416,5 +420,5 @@ int Curl_fnmatch(void *ptr, const char *pattern, const char *string)
   if(!pattern || !string) {
     return CURL_FNMATCH_FAIL;
   }
-  return loop((unsigned char *)pattern, (unsigned char *)string);
+  return loop((unsigned char *)pattern, (unsigned char *)string, 5);
 }