patch 9.0.1969: [security] buffer-overflow in trunc_string()v9.0.1969

Problem:  buffer-overflow in trunc_string()
Solution: Add NULL at end of buffer

Currently trunc_string() assumes that when the string is too long,
buf[e-1] will always be writeable. But that assumption may not always be
true. The condition currently looks like this

    else if (e + 3 < buflen)
    [...]
    else
    {
	// can't fit in the "...", just truncate it
	buf[e - 1] = NUL;
    }

but this means, we may run into the last else clause with e still being
larger than buflen. So a buffer overflow occurs.

So instead of using `buf[e - 1]`, let's just always
truncate at `buf[buflen - 1]` which should always be writable.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>

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