1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/sshconnect.c b/sshconnect.c
index 2b9ce9ddd..a2d759819 100644
--- a/sshconnect.c
+++ b/sshconnect.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.325 2020/01/11 16:23:10 naddy Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.326 2020/01/22 07:38:30 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -580,22 +580,23 @@ confirm(const char *prompt, const char *fingerprint)
 {
         const char *msg, *again = "Please type 'yes' or 'no': ";
         const char *again_fp = "Please type 'yes', 'no' or the fingerprint: ";
-        char *p;
+        char *p, *cp;
         int ret = -1;
 
         if (options.batch_mode)
                 return 0;
         for (msg = prompt;;msg = fingerprint ? again_fp : again) {
-                p = read_passphrase(msg, RP_ECHO);
+                cp = p = read_passphrase(msg, RP_ECHO);
                 if (p == NULL)
                         return 0;
-                p[strcspn(p, "\n")] = '\0';
+                p += strspn(p, " \t"); /* skip leading whitespace */
+                p[strcspn(p, " \t\n")] = '\0'; /* remove trailing whitespace */
                 if (p[0] == '\0' || strcasecmp(p, "no") == 0)
                         ret = 0;
                 else if (strcasecmp(p, "yes") == 0 || (fingerprint != NULL &&
                     strcasecmp(p, fingerprint) == 0))
                         ret = 1;
-                free(p);
+                free(cp);
                 if (ret != -1)
                         return ret;
         }