Bug 1003624

Summary:	some long passwords rejected as "too simplistic/systematic"
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Steve Tyler <stephent98>
Component:	cracklib	Assignee:	Tomas Mraz <tmraz>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	19	CC:	hkario, nalin, stephent98, tmraz
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Description Steve Tyler 2013-09-02 13:51:38 UTC

Description of problem:
Some long passwords are rejected as "too simplistic/systematic":

$ echo 'devouterinelegantbloodthirstinesssbratwurstsheeledpivoted' | pwscore
Password quality check failed:
 The password fails the dictionary check - it is too simplistic/systematic

This password has 32 words chosen randomly from the diceware English word list:[1]

$ echo 'rest china stuart cdc abbott nc augur melt ww chalk onward keyed keith loath spay beep gabon ibid have cowry entry 2345 fum polio pivot den froze exult macon yv store elfin' | pwscore
Password quality check failed:
 The password fails the dictionary check - it is too simplistic/systematic

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cracklib-2.8.22-3.fc19.x86_64
libpwquality-1.2.2-1.fc19.x86_64

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See also: Bug 1003169

[1] http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html
$ wc -l diceware_en.lst
7776 diceware_en.lst

Comment 1 Steve Tyler 2013-09-03 06:13:31 UTC

Most strings of 64 or more random decimal digits are rejected:

1: 6385326391022739493287072161974443988016028748938957548594690585: Password quality check failed: The password fails the dictionary check - it is too simplistic/systematic

Some strings of 64 or more random alphanumeric characters are rejected:

89: RhBldxtQBwwV2bCWZBCpTXV1RBK10cbdqbulCEIqNvc6KdQzmNXefpOFA0JCvubf: Password quality check failed: The password fails the dictionary check - it is too simplistic/systematic

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Comment 3 Hubert Kario 2015-01-12 12:49:22 UTC

Issue fixed in Fedora 20 and 21, using cracklib-2.9.0-5.fc20.x86_64 and cracklib-2.9.1-5.fc21.x86_64