From 3828ebb1cd4af7600dc0462b875d66ada24641d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Tryby <tryby.michael@epa.gov>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 13:48:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] updating cstr_helper to use secure string functions

---
 src/util/cstr_helper.c | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util/cstr_helper.c b/src/util/cstr_helper.c
index 2e33d50..13ca1c4 100644
--- a/src/util/cstr_helper.c
+++ b/src/util/cstr_helper.c
@@ -9,16 +9,19 @@ int copy_cstr(const char *source, char **dest)
 // Determines length, allocates memory, and returns a null terminated copy
 // Be Aware: caller is responsible for freeing memory
 {
-    size_t len;
+    size_t size;
 
-    len = strlen(source);
-    *dest = (char *) calloc((len + 1), sizeof(char));
+    size = 1 + strlen(source);
+    *dest = (char *) calloc(size, sizeof(char));
 
     if (*dest == NULL)
         return -1;
     else {
-        strncpy(*dest, source, (len + 1));
-		strncat(*dest, "\0", 1);
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+		strncpy_s(*dest, size, source, size);
+#else
+		strncpy(*dest, source, size);
+#endif
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -30,5 +33,4 @@ bool isnullterm_cstr(const char *source)
 		return true;
 	else
 		return false;
-
 }