Index: main/manager.c
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--- main/manager.c	(revision 72098)
+++ main/manager.c	(working copy)
@@ -1636,17 +1636,25 @@
 	/* FIXME: Wedge a ActionID response in here, waiting for later changes */
 	ast_cli_command(fd, cmd);	/* XXX need to change this to use a FILE * */
 	l = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);	/* how many chars available */
-	buf = alloca(l + 1);
-	final_buf = alloca(l + 1);
-	lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	read(fd, buf, l);
-	buf[l] = '\0';
+
+	/* This has a potential to overflow the stack.  Hence, use the heap. */
+	buf = ast_calloc(1, l + 1);
+	final_buf = ast_calloc(1, l + 1);
+	if (buf) {
+		lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+		read(fd, buf, l);
+		buf[l] = '\0';
+		if (final_buf) {
+			term_strip(final_buf, buf, l);
+			final_buf[l] = '\0';
+		}
+		astman_append(s, S_OR(final_buf, buf));
+	}
 	close(fd);
 	unlink(template);
-	term_strip(final_buf, buf, l);
-	final_buf[l] = '\0';
-	astman_append(s, final_buf);
 	astman_append(s, "--END COMMAND--\r\n\r\n");
+	ast_free(buf);
+	ast_free(final_buf);
 	return 0;
 }