David Gumberg 9fe5896a44 tor: torcontrol disconnect on too many lines to avoid OOM
This commit ensures the `TorControlConnection::m_message` buffer doesn't
grow unbounded and exhaust memory, by limiting the number of lines
handled by `TorControlConnection::ProcessBuffer()` to `MAX_LINE_COUNT =
1000`. Now the most memory that can be occupied by `m_message` is on the
order of `MAX_LINE_LENGTH * MAX_LINE_COUNT= 100MB`

Although this is not compliant with the tor control protocol in general,
where commands like `GETINFO ns/all` will likely return thousands of
lines, it is more than sufficient for handling the replies from the
commands that are used by a node:

`AUTHENTICATE`: 1 line:
    The server responds with 250 OK on success or 515 Bad
    authentication if the authentication cookie is incorrect. Tor closes
    the connection on an authentication failure.

https://spec.torproject.org/control-spec/commands.html#authenticate

`GETINFO net/listener/socks`: 2 lines
    A quoted, space-separated list of the locations where Tor is
    listening...

https://spec.torproject.org/control-spec/commands.html#getinfo

`AUTHCHALLENGE SAFECOOKIE`: 1 line
    If the server accepts the command, the server reply format is:

    ```
    "250 AUTHCHALLENGE" SP "SERVERHASH=" ServerHash SP "SERVERNONCE="
    ServerNonce CRLF
    ```

https://spec.torproject.org/control-spec/commands.html#authenticate

`PROTOCOLINFO`: 4-5 lines

    The server reply format is:

    ```
    250-PROTOCOLINFO" SP PIVERSION CRLF \*InfoLine "250 OK" CRLF
    InfoLine = AuthLine / VersionLine / OtherLine
    ```

(https://spec.torproject.org/control-spec/commands.html#protocolinfo)

`ADD_ONION`: 2-3 lines for Bitcoin Core's tor control client.

    The server reply format is:

    ```
    "250-ServiceID=" ServiceID CRLF
    ["250-PrivateKey=" KeyType ":" KeyBlob CRLF]
    *("250-ClientAuth=" ClientName ":" ClientBlob CRLF)
    "250 OK" CRLF
    ```

    ...

    The server response will only include a private key if the server
was requested to generate a new keypair

    ...

    If client authorization is enabled using the “BasicAuth” flag (which
    is v2 only), the service will not be accessible to clients without
    valid authorization data (configured with the “HidServAuth” option).
    The list of authorized clients is specified with one or more
    “ClientAuth” parameters. If “ClientBlob” is not specified for a
    client, a new credential will be randomly generated and returned."

https://spec.torproject.org/control-spec/commands.html#add_onion

We don't set the `BasicAuth` flag, so the response will not include any
`ClientAuthLines`.
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