diff -Nuar asterisk.orig/apps/app_authenticate.c asterisk/apps/app_authenticate.c
--- asterisk.orig/apps/app_authenticate.c	2005-07-26 21:38:12.000000000 -0400
+++ asterisk/apps/app_authenticate.c	2005-07-26 21:37:56.000000000 -0400
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 				if (f) {
 					char buf[256] = "";
 					char md5passwd[33] = "";
-					char *md5secret;
+					char *md5secret = "";
 
 					while (!feof(f)) {
 						fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);