Re: pgcrypto: bug in gen_salt (md5/xdes) - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgcrypto: bug in gen_salt (md5/xdes)
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Msg-id 27408.1136332068@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pgcrypto: bug in gen_salt (md5/xdes)  (Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com>)
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Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com> writes:
> There is a signedness bug in Openwall gen_salt code that
> pgcrypto uses.  This makes the salt space for md5 and xdes
> algorithms a lot smaller.

> Salts for blowfish and standard des are unaffected.

> Attached is upstream fix for it.  This applies all the
> way from 7.2 to 8.1 and HEAD.  Please apply this to all
> active branches.

Applied back to 7.3 ... we are not maintaining 7.2 anymore.

            regards, tom lane

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