diff -up net-tools-1.60/nameif.c.strncpy net-tools-1.60/nameif.c
--- net-tools-1.60/nameif.c.strncpy	2011-12-06 12:35:36.123687853 +0100
+++ net-tools-1.60/nameif.c	2011-12-06 12:35:36.270686015 +0100
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ int  setname(char *oldname, char *newnam
 	struct ifreq ifr;
 	opensock(); 
 	memset(&ifr,0,sizeof(struct ifreq));
-	strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, oldname); 
-	strcpy(ifr.ifr_newname, newname); 
+	strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
+	strncpy(ifr.ifr_newname, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
 	return ioctl(ctl_sk, SIOCSIFNAME, &ifr);
 }