1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/net/gethostnamadr.c b/src/lib/libc/net/gethostnamadr.c
index 6d5124d308..83e0225a65 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/net/gethostnamadr.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/net/gethostnamadr.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  */
 
 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
-static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: gethostnamadr.c,v 1.12 1996/09/28 13:26:34 deraadt Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: gethostnamadr.c,v 1.13 1997/01/30 05:56:06 deraadt Exp $";
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ getanswer(answer, anslen, iquery)
         *hap = NULL;
         host.h_addr_list = h_addr_ptrs;
         haveanswer = 0;
+        if (ancount > MAXADDRS)
+                ancount = MAXADDRS;
         while (--ancount >= 0 && cp < eom) {
                 if ((n = dn_expand((u_char *)answer->buf, (u_char *)eom,
                     (u_char *)cp, bp, buflen)) < 0)