OpenPAM/SSHD privacy hole (FreeBSD 9.2+ affected)

[Steven Hartland]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dag-Erling Smørgrav" <des at des.no>


> Carlo Strub <cs at FreeBSD.org> writes:
>> Andrei <az at azsupport.com> writes:
>>> 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.
>> I agree. That looks like an unnecessary privacy violation to me. What
>> do you think des@?
>
> No.  This is intentional, and I will not change it.  If you don't like
> it, you can override the default prompt in your PAM policy; see the
> pam_get_authtok() man page for details.

Out of curiosity whats the reasoning behind it doing things?

    Regards
    Steve 


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