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Subject: Re: ssh-host-config eval password bug
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On Jul  5 11:06, Ian Kelling wrote:
> In the ssh package there is a bug in /usr/bin/ssh-host-config where if 
> you select a valid password spaces or punctuation that bash knows of, it 
> will fail and you could possibly shoot yourself in the foot due to 
> evaling your password. I don't know who is responsible, or what mailing 
> list to post on, but here is a patch.
>
> - Ian Kelling

Thanks for the patch.  I uploaded a new openssh-5.2p1-3 release for
Cygwin 1.7 with this patch.


Corinna

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