[tor-bugs] #17443 [Tor]: tor-gencert --passphrase-fd improperly checks for newline

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#17443: tor-gencert --passphrase-fd improperly checks for newline
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 Reporter:  junglefowl                          |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                              |         Status:
 Priority:  Medium                              |  needs_review
Component:  Tor                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Severity:  Normal                              |  0.2.8.x-final
 Keywords:  security 027-backport 026-backport  |        Version:  Tor:
Parent ID:                                      |  0.2.7.4-rc
  Sponsor:                                      |     Resolution:
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Comment (by nickm):

 I don't see how this is security unless the user is sending
 unauthenticated data as their passphrase?  I think it should be fine to
 just get it in 0.2.8.

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