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Message-ID: <20261106000243.GE498269@qaa.vinc17.org> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 01:02:43 +0100 From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@...c17.net> To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com Subject: Re: "sshole": password authentication bypass: OpenSSH + musl libc On 2026-11-05 23:10:52 +0000, lists@...atla.org.uk wrote: > > Upon error, crypt_r, crypt_rn, and crypt_ra write an invalid hash > > to the output field of their data argument, and crypt writes an > > If an error string is output does not : or multiple :: better > express the aim of never seeing this as field content > (because it is field separator) ? Perhaps, but in any case, it is up to the application to check error conditions, in particular that the result contains only valid characters. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@...c17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
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