Index: apprentice.c
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/contrib/file/apprentice.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.11
diff -u -r1.1.1.11 apprentice.c
--- apprentice.c	21 Jun 2006 09:28:00 -0000	1.1.1.11
+++ apprentice.c	16 Aug 2006 04:05:26 -0000
@@ -892,8 +892,10 @@
 		m->nospflag = 1;
 	} else
 		m->nospflag = 0;
-	while ((m->desc[i++] = *l++) != '\0' && i < MAXDESC)
+	while ((m->desc[i++] = *l++) != '\0' && i < MAXDESC - 1)
 		/* NULLBODY */;
+	/* make sure to terminate the string */
+	m->desc[i] = '\0';
 
 	if (ms->flags & MAGIC_CHECK) {
 		if (!check_format(ms, m))