diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/.update b/libs/sofia-sip/.update
index f92f0bbd2e..23bb02b6da 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/.update
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/.update
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Sun May 25 11:21:50 EDT 2008
+Sun May 25 11:22:40 EDT 2008
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/iptsec/auth_client.c b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/iptsec/auth_client.c
index ade683ea72..66bdf58102 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/iptsec/auth_client.c
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/iptsec/auth_client.c
@@ -728,6 +728,9 @@ int auc_basic_authorization(auth_client_t *ca,
   else
     basic = malloc(basiclen + 1);
 
+  if (basic == NULL)
+    return -1;
+
   /*
    * Basic authentication consists of username and password separated by
    * colon and then base64 encoded.