diff -rupN ipmitool-1.8.11/lib/ipmi_main.c ipmitool-1.8.11.fixed/lib/ipmi_main.c
--- ipmitool-1.8.11/lib/ipmi_main.c	2009-02-26 05:38:52.000000000 +0900
+++ ipmitool-1.8.11.fixed/lib/ipmi_main.c	2009-12-04 06:50:08.246119798 +0900
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ipmi_password_file_read(char * filename)
 	char * pass = NULL;
 	int l;
 
-	pass = malloc(16);
+	pass = malloc(21);
 	if (pass == NULL) {
 		lprintf(LOG_ERR, "ipmitool: malloc failure");
 		return NULL;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ipmi_password_file_read(char * filename)
 	}
 
 	/* read in id */
-	if (fgets(pass, 16, fp) == NULL) {
+	if (fgets(pass, 21, fp) == NULL) {
 		lprintf(LOG_ERR, "Unable to read password from file %s",
 			filename);
 		fclose(fp);