This patch was created by oCert according to http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html Unfortunately the original patch contained a bug which was later fixed by the issuer of the patch Rob Holland This part was now separated in this file. --- a/lib/search.c +++ b/lib/search.c @@ -1568,7 +1568,8 @@ char *findtheinfo(char *searchstr, int d bufstart[0] = '\n'; bufstart++; } - strncpy(bufstart, tmpbuf, strlen(tmpbuf)); + /* Avoid writing a trailing \0 after the string */ + memcpy(bufstart, tmpbuf, strlen(tmpbuf)); bufstart = searchbuffer + strlen(searchbuffer); } }