if (!load_encrypted) {
ssh2blob = ssh2_userkey_loadpub(infilename, &ssh2alg,
&ssh2bloblen, NULL, &error);
- ssh2algf = find_pubkey_alg(ssh2alg);
- if (ssh2algf)
- bits = ssh2algf->pubkey_bits(ssh2blob, ssh2bloblen);
- else
- bits = -1;
+ if (ssh2blob) {
+ ssh2algf = find_pubkey_alg(ssh2alg);
+ if (ssh2algf)
+ bits = ssh2algf->pubkey_bits(ssh2blob, ssh2bloblen);
+ else
+ bits = -1;
+ }
} else {
ssh2key = ssh2_load_userkey(infilename, passphrase, &error);
}
/* this is an old key file; warn and then continue */
old_keyfile_warning();
old_fmt = 1;
+ } else if (0 == strncmp(header, "PuTTY-User-Key-File-", 20)) {
+ /* this is a key file FROM THE FUTURE; refuse it, but with a
+ * more specific error message than the generic one below */
+ error = "PuTTY key format too new";
+ goto error;
} else {
error = "not a PuTTY SSH-2 private key";
goto error;
if (!read_header(fp, header)
|| (0 != strcmp(header, "PuTTY-User-Key-File-2") &&
0 != strcmp(header, "PuTTY-User-Key-File-1"))) {
- error = "not a PuTTY SSH-2 private key";
+ if (0 == strncmp(header, "PuTTY-User-Key-File-", 20))
+ error = "PuTTY key format too new";
+ else
+ error = "not a PuTTY SSH-2 private key";
goto error;
}
error = "file format error";