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Bug 1332710

Summary:	password history is not updated when an admin resets the password
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Noriko Hosoi <nhosoi>
Component:	389-ds-base	Assignee:	Noriko Hosoi <nhosoi>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Viktor Ashirov <vashirov>
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	6.0	CC:	amsharma, arubin, ekeck, nkinder, pbokoc, rmeggins
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	ZStream
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	389-ds-base-1.2.11.15-82.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	When a user password was reset by an administrator, the old password was previously not stored in the user's password history. This allowed the user to reuse the same password after the reset. With this update, resetting a password also stores it in password history, and the user must use a different password.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:
Clones:	1342614 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2017-03-21 10:21:39 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:
Bug Blocks:	1342614

Description Noriko Hosoi 2016-05-03 21:07:29 UTC

This bug is created as a clone of upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/48813

When an admin resets a password the current password is not stored in the password history.  This incorrectly allows the user to reuse the previous password after the reset.

Comment 1 Noriko Hosoi 2016-06-02 16:15:26 UTC

Justification: From the security perspective, password reset must strictly follow the password policy.

Comment 5 Amita Sharma 2016-11-23 11:46:03 UTC

Executed upstream test ::

========================= test session starts 
platform linux2 -- Python 2.7.8, pytest-3.0.4, py-1.4.31, pluggy-0.4.0 -- /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/bin/python
cachedir: .cache
DS build: 1.2.11.15 B2016.312.1950
389-ds-base: 1.2.11.15-85.el6
nss: 3.27.1-7.el6
nspr: 4.13.1-1.el6
openldap: 2.4.40-14.el6
svrcore: 4.0.4-5.1.el6

rootdir: /export/tests, inifile: 
plugins: html-1.11.0, cov-2.4.0, beakerlib-0.6
collected 1 items 

suites/password/pwp_history_test.py::test_pwp_history_test PASSED

=== 1 passed in 38.93 seconds 

Marking bug as verified.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-21 10:21:39 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0667.html