--- src/game/PlayerInfo.cxx.original	2006-03-14 20:33:53.000000000 +0100
+++ src/game/PlayerInfo.cxx	2006-03-14 20:36:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@
   buf = nboUnpackString(buf, email, EmailLen);
   buf = nboUnpackString(buf, token, TokenLen);
   buf = nboUnpackString(buf, clientVersion, VersionLen);
+
+  // terminate the strings
+  callSign[CallSignLen - 1] = '\0';
+  email[EmailLen - 1] = '\0';
+  token[TokenLen - 1] = '\0';
+  clientVersion[VersionLen - 1] = '\0';
   cleanEMail();
 
   DEBUG2("Player %s [%d] sent version string: %s\n",