--- busybox-1.5.1/archival/tar.c.pom	2007-05-20 18:55:18.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.5.1/archival/tar.c	2007-05-23 16:15:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 
 #define TAR_BLOCK_SIZE		512
 
+static const int TAR_MAGIC_LEN = 6; 
+static const int TAR_VERSION_LEN = 2; 
+
 /* POSIX tar Header Block, from POSIX 1003.1-1990  */
 #define NAME_SIZE      100
 #define NAME_SIZE_STR "100"
@@ -178,7 +181,8 @@
 	const unsigned char *cp;
 	int chksum, size;
 
-	strcpy(hp->magic, "ustar  ");
+        strncpy(hp->magic, "ustar ",TAR_MAGIC_LEN); 
+        strncpy(hp->version," ",TAR_VERSION_LEN); 
 
 	/* Calculate and store the checksum (i.e., the sum of all of the bytes of
 	 * the header).  The checksum field must be filled with blanks for the