fix: SSH key regex false positive with ImageMagick mime.xml#546
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The regex '-----BEGIN .* PRIVATE KEY.*-----' was matching '-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----' in /etc/ImageMagick-6/mime.xml, causing a false positive for SSH keys. Fixed by removing the trailing .* before ----- so the regex now requires the key header to end directly with -----, which excludes PGP key definitions that have 'BLOCK-----' at the end. Tested key types still detected: - RSA PRIVATE KEY - EC PRIVATE KEY - OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY - DSA PRIVATE KEY
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Might this exclude other real private keys? |
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@carlospolop No, the fix should be safe.
RFC 7468 defines all standard PEM labels for private keys, and none of them have text after The generic PKCS#8 header |
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Fixes #526
The regex
-----BEGIN .* PRIVATE KEY.*-----was matching-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----in/etc/ImageMagick-6/mime.xml, causing a false positive for SSH keys.Fixed by removing the trailing .* before
-----so the regex now requires the key header to end directly with-----, which excludes PGP key definitions that haveBLOCK-----` at the end.Tested key types still detected: