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Saying "you can read /etc/shadow by doing X, Y, and Z" is okay -- it's a permanent record there was a flaw. Saying "here's your root password hash" is not ok; even once the flaw is fixed, that hash is still floating around out there. I'd take advantage of the edit period and remove that from your comment; it's just not cool. The OP should definitely change the root password on the box regardless.


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