diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e6a299f15..5a97c2e4a3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -259,6 +259,24 @@ Changed Functionality
 
     fatal error in /usr/local/bro/share/bro/policy/frameworks/software/vulnerable.bro, line 41: BroType::AsRecordType (table/record) (set[record { min:record { major:count; minor:count; minor2:count; minor3:count; addl:string; }; max:record { major:count; minor:count; minor2:count; minor3:count; addl:string; }; }])
 
+- The type of ``Software::vulnerable_versions`` changed to allow
+  more flexibility and range specifications.  An example usage:
+
+  .. code:: bro
+
+        const java_1_6_vuln = Software::VulnerableVersionRange(
+            $max = Software::Version($major = 1, $minor = 6, $minor2 = 0, $minor3 = 44)
+        );
+
+        const java_1_7_vuln = Software::VulnerableVersionRange(
+            $min = Software::Version($major = 1, $minor = 7),
+            $max = Software::Version($major = 1, $minor = 7, $minor2 = 0, $minor3 = 20)
+        );
+
+        redef Software::vulnerable_versions += {
+            ["Java"] = set(java_1_6_vuln, java_1_7_vuln)
+        };
+
 - The interface to extracting content from application-layer protocols
   (including HTTP, SMTP, FTP) has changed significantly due to the
   introduction of the new file analysis framework (see above).
diff --git a/src/Val.cc b/src/Val.cc
index 450f3c1653..dbd4863c67 100644
--- a/src/Val.cc
+++ b/src/Val.cc
@@ -2720,16 +2720,22 @@ RecordVal* RecordVal::CoerceTo(const RecordType* t, Val* aggr, bool allow_orphan
 			break;
 			}
 
+		Val* v = Lookup(i);
+
+		if ( ! v )
+			// Check for allowable optional fields is outside the loop, below.
+			continue;
+
 		if ( ar_t->FieldType(t_i)->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD
-				&& ! same_type(ar_t->FieldType(t_i), Lookup(i)->Type()) )
+				&& ! same_type(ar_t->FieldType(t_i), v->Type()) )
 			{
-			Expr* rhs = new ConstExpr(Lookup(i)->Ref());
+			Expr* rhs = new ConstExpr(v->Ref());
 			Expr* e = new RecordCoerceExpr(rhs, ar_t->FieldType(t_i)->AsRecordType());
 			ar->Assign(t_i, e->Eval(0));
 			continue;
 			}
 
-		ar->Assign(t_i, Lookup(i)->Ref());
+		ar->Assign(t_i, v->Ref());
 		}
 
 	for ( i = 0; i < ar_t->NumFields(); ++i )
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-record-ctors/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-record-ctors/out
index 39b2ed7c0b..89a7025012 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-record-ctors/out
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.named-record-ctors/out
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 [min=<uninitialized>, max=2]
 [min=7, max=42]
+[aaa=1, bbb=test, ccc=<uninitialized>, ddd=default]
+{
+[Java] = {
+[min=<uninitialized>, max=[major=1, minor=6, minor2=0, minor3=44, addl=<uninitialized>]],
+[min=[major=1, minor=7, minor2=<uninitialized>, minor3=<uninitialized>, addl=<uninitialized>], max=[major=1, minor=7, minor2=0, minor3=20, addl=<uninitialized>]]
+}
+}
diff --git a/testing/btest/language/named-record-ctors.bro b/testing/btest/language/named-record-ctors.bro
index 7f04b9d4b0..d0a6fc70e5 100644
--- a/testing/btest/language/named-record-ctors.bro
+++ b/testing/btest/language/named-record-ctors.bro
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @TEST-EXEC: bro -b %INPUT >out
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro -b frameworks/software/vulnerable %INPUT >out
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff out
 
 type MyRec: record {
@@ -6,7 +6,32 @@ type MyRec: record {
 	max: count;
 };
 
+type Bar: record {
+    aaa: count;
+    bbb: string &optional;
+    ccc: string &optional;
+    ddd: string &default="default";
+};
+
+const java_1_6_vuln = Software::VulnerableVersionRange(
+	$max = Software::Version($major = 1, $minor = 6, $minor2 = 0, $minor3 = 44)
+);
+
+const java_1_7_vuln = Software::VulnerableVersionRange(
+	$min = Software::Version($major = 1, $minor = 7),
+	$max = Software::Version($major = 1, $minor = 7, $minor2 = 0, $minor3 = 20)
+);
+
+redef Software::vulnerable_versions += {
+	["Java"] = set(java_1_6_vuln, java_1_7_vuln)
+};
+
 local myrec: MyRec = MyRec($max=2);
 print myrec;
 myrec = MyRec($min=7, $max=42);
 print myrec;
+
+local data = Bar($aaa=1, $bbb="test");
+print data;
+
+print Software::vulnerable_versions;