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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:50:18 -0600
From: Vincent Danen <vdanen@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: magnum <rawsmooth@...dband.net>, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@...il.com>
Subject: Re: CVE request: crypt_blowfish 8-bit character
mishandling
* [2011-06-21 20:18:50 +0400] Solar Designer wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 09:56:23AM -0600, Vincent Danen wrote:
>> PostgreSQL is affected as well (the pgcrypto module):
>>
>> % head crypt-blowfish.c
>> /*
>> * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-blowfish.c,v 1.14 2009/06/11
>> 14:48:52 momjian Exp $
>
>We need to actually review and/or test this revision of the code before
>we conclusively say that it's affected. Maybe you did that already?
>
>So far, there's one example where a revision of the code turned out to
>be unaffected - Crypt::Eksblowfish in CPAN. In fact, this is what has
>resulted in discovery of the bug (even though it was fixed in
>Crypt::Eksblowfish during its initial integration of the code in 2007).
Ahhh... ok. I only did a code review, I didn't test the actual
functionality to make that determination.
So Crypt::Eksblowfish uses the same code but wasn't affected? Do we
know why that is?
>> php-suhosin also contains the same code.
>
>Yes. These two are listed at http://www.openwall.com/crypt/
>
>We need to go over those listed on that page and then also search the
>web for possible other users of the code. Then try to figure out which
>are actually affected (probably most of them are) and notify the
>maintainers. For now, my focus is to push crypt_blowfish 1.1 out, but I
>do need to include a few sentences on roughly what software is affected
>in my announcement. I'd appreciate any help with those reviews/testing.
I can't promise I will have time to look at it, but I will try if I can
find the time.
--
Vincent Danen / Red Hat Security Response Team
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