diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdbm/gdbm-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gdbm/gdbm-devel.template
index f8ae411f3e..5ecd2d899c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdbm/gdbm-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdbm/gdbm-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gdbm-devel'.
 #
-revision=1
+revision=2
 short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdbm/patches/gdbm-1.10-zeroheaders.patch b/srcpkgs/gdbm/patches/gdbm-1.10-zeroheaders.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d3b8674b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdbm/patches/gdbm-1.10-zeroheaders.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Prevent gdbm from storing uninitialized memory content
+# to database files. This patch improves security, as the
+# uninitialized memory might contain sensitive informations
+# from other applications.
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4457
+# http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=208927
+
+--- src/falloc.c.zeroheaders	2011-11-11 11:59:11.000000000 +0100
++++ src/falloc.c	2011-11-14 17:34:32.487604027 +0100
+@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ push_avail_block (GDBM_FILE dbf)
+
+
+   /* Split the header block. */
+-  temp = (avail_block *) malloc (av_size);
++  temp = (avail_block *) calloc (1, av_size);
+   if (temp == NULL) _gdbm_fatal (dbf, _("malloc error"));
+   /* Set the size to be correct AFTER the pop_avail_block. */
+   temp->size = dbf->header->avail.size;
+--- src/gdbmopen.c.zeroheaders	2011-11-11 19:39:42.000000000 +0100
++++ src/gdbmopen.c	2011-11-14 17:33:24.867608650 +0100
+@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ gdbm_open (const char *file, int block_s
+	(dbf->header->block_size - sizeof (hash_bucket))
+	/ sizeof (bucket_element) + 1;
+       dbf->header->bucket_size  = dbf->header->block_size;
+-      dbf->bucket = (hash_bucket *) malloc (dbf->header->bucket_size);
++      dbf->bucket = (hash_bucket *) calloc (1, dbf->header->bucket_size);
+       if (dbf->bucket == NULL)
+	{
+	  gdbm_close (dbf);
+@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ _gdbm_init_cache(GDBM_FILE dbf, size_t s
+       for(index = 0; index < size; index++)
+         {
+           (dbf->bucket_cache[index]).ca_bucket
+-            = (hash_bucket *) malloc (dbf->header->bucket_size);
++            = (hash_bucket *) calloc (1, dbf->header->bucket_size);
+           if ((dbf->bucket_cache[index]).ca_bucket == NULL)
+	    {
+               gdbm_errno = GDBM_MALLOC_ERROR;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdbm/template b/srcpkgs/gdbm/template
index 1b6bafb863..8849b80410 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdbm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdbm/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gdbm'
 pkgname=gdbm
 version=1.10
-revision=1
+revision=2
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-configure