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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.

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