Bug 52097 - bug in CRAM-MD5 authentication code
Summary: bug in CRAM-MD5 authentication code
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Public Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: libesmtp
Version: roswell
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-08-20 15:01 UTC by Pawel Salek
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:22 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-08-20 19:23:11 UTC
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Description Pawel Salek 2001-08-20 15:01:42 UTC 
Description of problem:
libesmtp-0.8.3 has a bug that makes CRAM-MD5 authentication code useless.
(only LOGIN works).

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.run the test program from the examples directory and watch the output.
	

Actual Results:  CRAM-MD5 authentication fails even with the right password.

Expected Results:  Authentication should be successful.

Additional info:

This has been acknowledged by the libesmtp's developer Brian Stafford. He
released fixed libesmtp-0.8.4 right away.
See libesmtp-0.8.4 changelog for more details.
Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-08-20 19:23:05 UTC 
We (Red Hat) should really try to fix this before next release.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2001-08-20 19:27:03 UTC 
Fixed in 0.8.4-1; thanks for the report!
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