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LOW3.8

GHSA-2p6r-x3vv-xqm2

rpassword affected by partial password reveal when input is interrupted

Details

rpassword maintainers were made aware of a possible issue with a partial password reveal when input is interrupted.

To quote @squell:

> @conradkleinespel I've confirmed this problem with SequoiaPGP, which I think uses rpassword, e.g.: > > Suppose we use pkill -9 sq in a different terminal right after the password has been typed in: > > $ sq key generate --userid "barf" --with-password > Enter password to protect the key: Killed > $ hello^C > > Where the password I typed in is "hello".

This has been fixed in version v7.5.0 and above.

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Affected packages

crates.io/rpassword
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 7.5.0

Upgrade rpassword to 7.5.0 or newer (ecosystem crates.io).

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