[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4674] Openssl 1.1.0 passwd bug & feature request

Richard Levitte via RT rt at openssl.org
Wed Sep 14 03:20:49 UTC 2016


Those test vectors are already in test/recipes/20-test_passwd.t

On Wed Sep 14 02:58:09 2016, bkhowson at gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks Richard,
> Quick work on issue 1, I git cloned & tested it, works as
> expected.
> I downloaded the pull above, built it and it appears to work.
>
> I found test vectors in the specification document here:
> https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/sha-crypt.html
>
>
> openssl passwd -5 -salt saltstring "Hello world!" | find
> "$5$saltstring$5B8vYYiY.CVt1RlTTf8KbXBH3hsxY/GNooZaBBGWEc5"
>
> openssl passwd -6 -salt saltstring "Hello world!" | find
>
"$6$saltstring$svn8UoSVapNtMuq1ukKS4tPQd8iKwSMHWjl/O817G3uBnIFNjnQJuesI68u4OTLiBFdcbYEdFCoEOfaS35inz1"
>
>
> So looks good. One suggestion is to re-order the help output so it's
> in declining "best to worst" 6 -> 5 -> 1 -> apr1 -> des), but that's
> minor.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Richard Levitte via RT
> <rt at openssl.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Issue 2 is implemented in
> > https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/1572
> >
> > Please try it out.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Richard
> >
> > On Tue Sep 13 22:32:37 2016, levitte wrote:
> > > Issue 1 now resolved, fix pushed to master branch as well as
> > > OpenSSL_1_1_0-stable.
> > >
> > > Issue 2 remaining.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Richard
> > >
> > > On Tue Sep 13 20:32:18 2016, levitte wrote:
> > > > I can confirm issue one and raise you one: it's not just on
> > > > Windows
> > > >
> > > > On it.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Richard
> > > >
> > > > On Tue Sep 13 17:23:48 2016, bkhowson at gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > This may be two requests, one a bug and one a feature request.
> > > > >
> > > > > Issue 1: openssl 1.1.0 passwd on Windows 64 doesn't generate
> > > > > MD5
> > > > > passwords
> > > > > (-1 / -apr1), returns "<NULL>". I haven't tested other
> > > > > platforms.
> > > > > See
> > > > > output below.
> > > > >
> > > > > Issue 2: openssl 1.1.0 passwd doesn't support newer password
> > > > > hashing
> > > > > algorithms used by unix / linux platforms. This limitation may
> > > > > force
> > > > > people to use weaker password storage than possible, for
> > > > > example if
> > > > > generating crypts using openssl passwd to feed into usermod -p.
> > > > > Please add
> > > > > support for password types 5 (SHA-256) and 6 (SHA-512).
> > > > >
> > > > > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/crypt.3.html
> > > > >
> > > > > ID | Method
> > > > > ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
> > > > > 1 | MD5
> > > > > 2a | Blowfish (not in mainline glibc; added in some
> > > > > | Linux distributions)
> > > > > 5 | SHA-256 (since glibc 2.7)
> > > > > 6 | SHA-512 (since glibc 2.7)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Issue 1: collateral:
> > > > >
> > > > > Working in OpenSSL 1.0.2.h:
> > > > > D:\>openssl version
> > > > > OpenSSL 1.0.2h 3 May 2016
> > > > >
> > > > > D:\>openssl passwd -apr1 password
> > > > > $apr1$hU.5TC8J$BaYCimZriQeWKBSupbQuO.
> > > > >
> > > > > D:\>openssl passwd -1 password
> > > > > $1$LxNTmc7h$FHDYsVvavnYy0KqB.2ZIx0
> > > > >
> > > > > Compiled Openssl 1.1.0:
> > > > >
> > > > > D:\OpenSSL\openssl-1.1.0\apps>.\openssl version
> > > > > OpenSSL 1.1.0 25 Aug 2016
> > > > >
> > > > > D:\OpenSSL\openssl-1.1.0\apps>.\openssl version
> > > > > OpenSSL 1.1.0 25 Aug 2016
> > > > >
> > > > > D:\OpenSSL\openssl-1.1.0\apps>.\openssl passwd password
> > > > > UZ8kfkzdGoYTQ
> > > > >
> > > > > D:\OpenSSL\openssl-1.1.0\apps>.\openssl passwd -1 password
> > > > > <NULL>
> > > > >
> > > > > D:\OpenSSL\openssl-1.1.0\apps>.\openssl passwd -apr1 password
> > > > > <NULL>
> > > > >
> > > > > (To show that MD5 wasn't compiled out):
> > > > >
> > > > > D:\Download\OpenSSL\openssl-1.1.0\apps>.\openssl passwd -help
> > > > > Usage: passwd [options]
> > > > > Valid options are:
> > > > > -help Display this summary
> > > > > -in infile Pead passwords from file
> > > > > -noverify Never verify when reading password from terminal
> > > > > -quiet No warnings
> > > > > -table Format output as table
> > > > > -reverse Switch table columns
> > > > > -salt val Use provided salt
> > > > > -stdin Read passwords from stdin
> > > > > -apr1 MD5-based password algorithm, Apache variant
> > > > > -1 MD5-based password algorithm
> > > > > -crypt Standard Unix password algorithm (default)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Richard Levitte
> > > > levitte at openssl.org
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
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