[Bug 3934] New: check_pam_user() is an oracle for user names

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https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3934

            Bug ID: 3934
           Summary: check_pam_user() is an oracle for user names
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 10.0p2
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Solaris
            Status: NEW
          Severity: security
          Priority: P5
         Component: PAM support
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
          Reporter: chsdik at gmail.com

When an non-valid username is used, a pam configuration can fail
immediately on the second time to run pam() (as there are
multiple ways to authenticate a user)

The connection is dropped immediately with: PAM user mismatch

(ROOT != NOUSER)

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