diff -up aide-0.16/src/commandconf.c.rhcase03736158 aide-0.16/src/commandconf.c
--- aide-0.16/src/commandconf.c.rhcase03736158	2024-03-01 11:06:35.305712992 +0100
+++ aide-0.16/src/commandconf.c	2024-03-01 11:08:07.726499878 +0100
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ int db_input_wrapper(char* buf, int max_
       retval=0;
       buf[0]='\0';
     }else {
+      buf[0]='\0';
       if((retval=gzread(*db_gzp,buf,max_size))<0){
 	error(0,_("gzread() failed: gzerr=%s!\n"),gzerror(*db_gzp,&err));
 	retval=0;