diff -urp audit-1.7/lib/audit_logging.c audit-1.7.1/lib/audit_logging.c
--- audit-1.7/lib/audit_logging.c	2008-03-27 11:11:34.000000000 -0400
+++ audit-1.7.1/lib/audit_logging.c	2008-04-01 11:55:41.000000000 -0400
@@ -653,8 +653,10 @@ int audit_log_user_command(int audit_fd,
 	}
 
 	p = cmd;
-	strncpy(commname, cmd, PATH_MAX);
-	commname[PATH_MAX] = 0;
+	if (len >= PATH_MAX) {
+		cmd[PATH_MAX] = 0;
+		len = PATH_MAX-1;
+	}
 	while (*p) {
 		if (*p == '"' || *p < 0x21 || (unsigned)*p > 0x7f) {
 			_audit_c2x(commname, cmd, len);