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Subject: Re: OpenPAM/SSHD privacy hole (FreeBSD 9.2+ affected)
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23/10/2013 13:56 - Andrei wrote:

> Hello,
>=20
> I found that in the new FreeBSD 9.2 (probably in 10 also) updated OpenPAM=
 sources.
> The big embarrassment was in pam_get_authtok.c. The problem is that even =
without a
> valid SSH login it's possible to know the server's hostname.
>=20
> az@az:/home/az % ssh 1.2.3.4
> Password for az@real.hostname.com:
>=20
> Changes made by "des": http://www.openpam.org/changeset/510/openpam/trunk=
/lib
>=20
> I really do not think that this behavior must be present! I ask the commu=
nity to
> pay
> attention to it and remove these harmful changes.
>=20
> Kind regards,
> Andrei.
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I agree. That looks like an unnecessary privacy violation to me. What do yo=
u think des@?=