Bug#568108: /usr/bin/ssh: Wrong characters accepted between UTF-8 server and UTF-8 client using Banner

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

reassign 326027 openssh-client openssh/1:3.8.1p1-8.sarge.4
severity 326027 normal
user openssh@packages.debian.org
usertags 326027 = ssh
merge 326027 568108
thanks

On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 03:02:36PM +0100, Pavel Vávra wrote:
>   I am using ssh client to log to another machines. Using Banner
> option (pointed to /etc/issue.net at server side) brings strange
> results using non-ascii characters in invitation text:
> 
> user@pom64:~$ ssh netman@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
> ---
> \304\233\305\241\304\215\305\231\305\276\303\275\303\241\303\255\303\251

Thanks for your report.  I think this is basically the same type of
issue as reported in #326027, although the symptoms might be a little
different.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]