Bug 1003624 - some long passwords rejected as "too simplistic/systematic"
Summary: some long passwords rejected as "too simplistic/systematic"
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: cracklib
Version: 19
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tomas Mraz
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-09-02 13:51 UTC by Steve Tyler
Modified: 2015-01-12 12:49 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-01-12 09:15:50 UTC
Type: Bug
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Bugzilla 1003169 0 unspecified CLOSED Fedora will not set partition encryption password with dictionary words 2021-02-22 00:41:40 UTC

Internal Links: 1003169

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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Additional info:
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

Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2015-01-09 19:41:22 UTC
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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


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