[Bug binutils/21639] heap-buffer-overflow in _bfd_vms_save_sized_string

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21639

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The master branch has been updated by Nick Clifton <address@hidden>:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7adc0a8174f1233f6d92edd0671c18c9870e64e7

commit 7adc0a8174f1233f6d92edd0671c18c9870e64e7
Author: Nick Clifton <address@hidden>
Date:   Wed Jun 21 15:21:11 2017 +0100

    Fix address violation parsing a corrupt Alpha VMS binary file.

        PR binutils/21639
        * vms-misc.c (_bfd_vms_save_sized_string): Use unsigned int as
        type of the size parameter.
        (_bfd_vms_save_counted_string): Add second parameter - the maximum
        length of the counted string.
        * vms.h (_bfd_vms_save_sized_string): Update prototype.
        (_bfd_vms_save_counted_string): Likewise.
        * vms-alpha.c (_bfd_vms_slurp_eisd): Update calls to
        _bfd_vms_save_counted_string.
        (_bfd_vms_slurp_ehdr): Likewise.
        (_bfd_vms_slurp_egsd): Likewise.
        (Parse_module): Likewise.

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