Merge pull request #4811 from Algo-devops-service/relstable3.11.3-rem…

…erge

mergeback: Relstable3.11.3 remerge

network/topics.go

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func UnmarshallTopics(buffer []byte) (ts Topics, err error) {
 
 		// read the data length
 		dataLen, nr := binary.Uvarint(buffer[idx:])
-		if nr <= 0 {
+		if nr <= 0 || dataLen > maxMessageLength {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("UnmarshallTopics: could not read the data length")
 		}
 		idx += nr