diff -urN bsd-finger-0.17/finger/util.c bsd-finger-0.17.patch/finger/util.c
--- bsd-finger-0.17/finger/util.c	Wed Sep 29 00:53:58 1999
+++ bsd-finger-0.17.patch/finger/util.c	Wed May  9 16:47:17 2001
@@ -147,10 +147,17 @@
 			}
 		}
 		rname[j] = 0;
-
-		pn->realname = rname;
 	}
-
+	else {
+		rname = (char*) malloc(sizeof(char));
+		if (rname == NULL) {
+			eprintf("finger: Out of space.\n");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		rname[0] = 0;
+	}
+	
+	pn->realname = rname;
 	pn->office =      fields[1] ? strdup(fields[1]) : NULL;
 	pn->officephone = fields[2] ? strdup(fields[2]) : NULL;
 	pn->homephone =   fields[3] ? strdup(fields[3]) : NULL;