killing bash with large calls to brace-expansion

[Jan Schampera]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
 Machine: i586
 OS: linux-gnu
 Compiler: gcc
 Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i586'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i586-mandrake-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='mandrake' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale'
-DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I.. -I../include
-I../lib  -D_GNU_SOURCE  -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -march=i586
-mtune=pentiumpro  uname output: Linux mainserver.home.thebonsai.de
2.6.8.1 #1 Mon Dec 20 09:28:25 CET 2004 i686 AMD Sempron(TM) 2800+
unknown GNU/Linux Machine Type: i586-mandrake-linux-gnu

 Bash Version: 3.0
 Patch Level: 13
 Release Status: release

 Description:
        It's possible to kill bash with large memory usage due to
        brace expansion. I know it's also my limited memory (1GB),
        but bash should catch that, no? If this is a known issue and
        already fixed, sorry for bothering.

 Repeat-By:
        echo {0..255}.{0..255}.{0..255}.{0..255}
        # Lighter version:
        echo {0..255}.{0..255}.{0..255}
        

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