Details
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Bug
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Status: Closed (View Workflow)
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Blocker
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Resolution: Fixed
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11.4, 11.8
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Can result in hang or crash
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Q1/2026 Server Maintenance
Description
plugin's auth() function sends the packet to sha256_crypt_r() which uses alloca() to get the buffer of the packet's size. If the packet is too big, this will exhaust the stack and crash
Reported by Pavel Kohout, Aisle Research.