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Get root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password
On certain Linux systems, an attacker could gain root access by entering a password longer than 256 bytes.
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A vulnerability affecting Linux systems that use the musl C library allows an attacker to obtain root privileges by submitting a password exceeding 256 bytes. The flaw, named “sshole” by researcher Özgün Kültekin of Wakefield, can be triggered only on systems running OpenSSH’s daemon without Pluggable Authentication Modules and with password authentication enabled. It does not affect GNU‑based distributions and requires the specific configuration to be exploitable.
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