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Linux Flaw Exposes Root Access to Overly Long Passwords

A newly discovered Linux flaw, dubbed "sshole," allows attackers to gain root access by simply entering a password longer than 256 bytes on certain systems, exposing a surprising vulnerability in decades-old Unix conventions. This shocking bug is the result of a unique combination of outdated practices and interactions between musl libc and OpenSSH.

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