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Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 13:43:46 +0100
From: Sergei Golubchik <serg@...monty.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>,
	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov@...hat.com>,
	Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: CVE request: Mysql/Mariadb insecure salt-usage

Hi, Huzaifa!

On Dec 05, Huzaifa Sidhpurwala wrote:
> Noticed another post by kingcope on full-disclosure, which basically
> boils down to re-use of a salt-value when transmitting passwords
> over a network.
> 
> If you could MITM/capture network packets, you could use this
> weakness to determine the passwords.
> 
> References:
> http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/58
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883719
> 
> Should this a CVE be assigned to this issue?

https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3915

Regards,
Sergei

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