--- sendmail-8.13.1/sendmail/sendmail.h.VU#146718	2006-06-09 15:55:17.000000000 +0200
+++ sendmail-8.13.1/sendmail/sendmail.h	2006-06-09 15:55:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@
 #define EF_TOOBIG	0x02000000L	/* message is too big */
 #define EF_SPLIT	0x04000000L	/* envelope has been split */
 #define EF_UNSAFE	0x08000000L	/* unsafe: read from untrusted source */
+#define EF_TOODEEP	0x10000000L	/* message is nested too deep */
 
 #define DLVR_NOTIFY	0x01
 #define DLVR_RETURN	0x02
@@ -1647,7 +1648,7 @@
 
 /* functions */
 extern bool	mime7to8 __P((MCI *, HDR *, ENVELOPE *));
-extern int	mime8to7 __P((MCI *, HDR *, ENVELOPE *, char **, int));
+extern int	mime8to7 __P((MCI *, HDR *, ENVELOPE *, char **, int, int));
 
 /*
 **  Flags passed to returntosender.
--- sendmail-8.13.1/sendmail/deliver.c.VU#146718	2006-06-09 15:55:17.000000000 +0200
+++ sendmail-8.13.1/sendmail/deliver.c	2006-06-09 15:55:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -4600,7 +4600,7 @@
 		/* now do the hard work */
 		boundaries[0] = NULL;
 		mci->mci_flags |= MCIF_INHEADER;
-		if (mime8to7(mci, e->e_header, e, boundaries, M87F_OUTER) ==
+		if (mime8to7(mci, e->e_header, e, boundaries, M87F_OUTER, 0) ==
 								SM_IO_EOF)
 			goto writeerr;
 	}
@@ -4631,7 +4631,7 @@
 			SuprErrs = true;
 
 		if (mime8to7(mci, e->e_header, e, boundaries,
-				M87F_OUTER|M87F_NO8TO7) == SM_IO_EOF)
+				M87F_OUTER|M87F_NO8TO7, 0) == SM_IO_EOF)
 			goto writeerr;
 
 		/* restore SuprErrs */
--- sendmail-8.13.1/sendmail/mime.c.VU#146718	2006-06-09 15:55:17.000000000 +0200
+++ sendmail-8.13.1/sendmail/mime.c	2006-06-09 15:55:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 **		boundaries -- the currently pending message boundaries.
 **			NULL if we are processing the outer portion.
 **		flags -- to tweak processing.
+**		level -- recursion level.
 **
 **	Returns:
 **		An indicator of what terminated the message part:
@@ -96,12 +97,13 @@
 };
 
 int
-mime8to7(mci, header, e, boundaries, flags)
+mime8to7(mci, header, e, boundaries, flags, level)
 	register MCI *mci;
 	HDR *header;
 	register ENVELOPE *e;
 	char **boundaries;
 	int flags;
+	int level;
 {
 	register char *p;
 	int linelen;
@@ -122,6 +124,18 @@
 	char pvpbuf[MAXLINE];
 	extern unsigned char MimeTokenTab[256];
 
+	if (level > MAXMIMENESTING)
+	{
+		if (!bitset(EF_TOODEEP, e->e_flags))
+		{
+			if (tTd(43, 4))
+				sm_dprintf("mime8to7: too deep, level=%d\n",
+					   level);
+			usrerr("mime8to7: recursion level %d exceeded",
+				level);
+			e->e_flags |= EF_DONT_MIME|EF_TOODEEP;
+		}
+	}
 	if (tTd(43, 1))
 	{
 		sm_dprintf("mime8to7: flags = %x, boundaries =", flags);
@@ -242,7 +256,9 @@
 	*/
 
 	if (sm_strcasecmp(type, "multipart") == 0 &&
-	    (!bitset(M87F_NO8BIT, flags) || bitset(M87F_NO8TO7, flags)))
+	    (!bitset(M87F_NO8BIT, flags) || bitset(M87F_NO8TO7, flags)) &&
+	    !bitset(EF_TOODEEP, e->e_flags)
+	   )
 	{
 
 		if (sm_strcasecmp(subtype, "digest") == 0)
@@ -286,10 +302,13 @@
 		}
 		if (i >= MAXMIMENESTING)
 		{
-			usrerr("mime8to7: multipart nesting boundary too deep");
+			if (tTd(43, 4))
+				sm_dprintf("mime8to7: too deep, i=%d\n", i);
+			if (!bitset(EF_TOODEEP, e->e_flags))
+				usrerr("mime8to7: multipart nesting boundary too deep");
 
 			/* avoid bounce loops */
-			e->e_flags |= EF_DONT_MIME;
+			e->e_flags |= EF_DONT_MIME|EF_TOODEEP;
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -333,7 +352,8 @@
 				goto writeerr;
 			if (tTd(43, 101))
 				putline("+++after putheader", mci);
-			bt = mime8to7(mci, hdr, e, boundaries, flags);
+			bt = mime8to7(mci, hdr, e, boundaries, flags,
+				      level + 1);
 			if (bt == SM_IO_EOF)
 				goto writeerr;
 		}
@@ -374,7 +394,8 @@
 
 	if (sm_strcasecmp(type, "message") == 0)
 	{
-		if (!wordinclass(subtype, 's'))
+		if (!wordinclass(subtype, 's') ||
+		    bitset(EF_TOODEEP, e->e_flags))
 		{
 			flags |= M87F_NO8BIT;
 		}
@@ -397,7 +418,8 @@
 			    !bitset(M87F_NO8TO7, flags) &&
 			    !putline("MIME-Version: 1.0", mci))
 				goto writeerr;
-			bt = mime8to7(mci, hdr, e, boundaries, flags);
+			bt = mime8to7(mci, hdr, e, boundaries, flags,
+				      level + 1);
 			mci->mci_flags &= ~MCIF_INMIME;
 			return bt;
 		}