Package: python-paramiko
Version: 1.7.7.1-2
Severity: normal
paramiko is overly picky about any minor format errors in known_hosts files
but at the same time ignores total corruption of such files.
example: if you mis-edit a known_hosts file and, for example, damage the '=='
marker at
the end of a host key line, then load_system_host_keys() throws an ioerror
exception
complaining about incorrect padding.
on the other hand, if i dump a few megabytes of binary garbage into known_hosts
(dd if=/dev/urandom of=~/.ssh/known_hosts count=1k bs=1k) then
load_system_host_keys()
ignores the useless file and happily soldiers on.
this behaviour is identical for both
load_system_host_keys("/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts")
and load_system_host_keys(None) (which reads ~/.ssh/known_hosts) - despite the
docs claiming
that load_system_host_keys(None) doesn't throw exceptions.
regards
az
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