hpke: don't panic when parsing on hybrid keys/ciphertexts. - #614
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The `hybridKEM` implementation of the HPKE doesn't check that the marshaled quantities, like the private key, public key, and ciphertext, have the expected length. If short quantities are given, then the implementation will panic instead of handling these as errors.
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hybridKEMimplementation of the HPKE doesn't check that the marshaled quantities, like the private key, public key, and ciphertext, have the expected length. If short quantities are given, then the implementation will panic instead of handling these as errors.