Hi!

Maybe the binary or build process should use a test vector to warn if that 
produces the wrong result, assuming the problem is the SHA code itself.

Regards,
Ulrich

29.12.2022 00:39:44 Howard Chu <[email protected]>:

> Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
>> Using slapd 2.5.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1 on ubuntu 22.10:
>> =================================================
>> 
>> The password hashes are differing between what "slappasswd" and
>> "openssl dgst" emit:
>> 
>> $ slappasswd -s secret -h '{SHA256}' -o module-path=/usr/lib/ldap -o 
>> module-load=pw-sha2
>> {SHA256}WIrrpN3OjEVOUf6yrH1j+o+ODuUuNBo979Od4UXnu54=
>> 
>> $ echo -n "secret" | openssl dgst -sha256 -binary | openssl enc -base64
>> K7gNU3sdo+OL0wNhqoVWhr3g6s1xYv72ol/pe/Unols=
>> 
>> With SHA512 on the other hand, the hash generated by different programs is 
>> identical:
>> 
>> $ slappasswd -s secret -h '{SHA512}' -o module-path=/usr/lib/ldap -o 
>> module-load=pw-sha2
>> {SHA512}vSsar3708Jvp9Szi2NWZZ02Bqp1qRCFpbcTZPdBhnWgs5WtNZKnvCXdhztmeD2cmW192CF5bDufKRpayrW/isg==
>> 
>> $ echo -n "secret" | openssl dgst -sha512 -binary | openssl enc -base64
>> vSsar3708Jvp9Szi2NWZZ02Bqp1qRCFpbcTZPdBhnWgs5WtNZKnvCXdhztmeD2cm
>> W192CF5bDufKRpayrW/isg==
>> 
>> On an older box (ubuntu 20.04) with slapd 2.4.49+dfsg-2ubuntu1.9 we're 
>> seeing:
>> ==============================================================================
>> 
>> $ slappasswd -s secret -h '{SHA256}' -o module-path=/usr/lib/ldap -o 
>> module-load=pw-sha2
>> {SHA256}K7gNU3sdo+OL0wNhqoVWhr3g6s1xYv72ol/pe/Unols=
>> $ echo -n "secret" | openssl dgst -sha256 -binary | openssl enc -base64
>> K7gNU3sdo+OL0wNhqoVWhr3g6s1xYv72ol/pe/Unols=
>> 
>> 
>> So why is the SHA256 password hash generated by the 2.5.13 slappasswd
>> command different from the hashes generated by the other programs/versions?
>> 
> The source code for the pw-sha2 module hasn't changed since 2015 at least. 
> There's no difference between 2.4 and 2.5.
> 
> The variable here is your OS and compiler versions. I get the same result as 
> you on ubuntu 22 with the
> default compile options. If I compile the module with only "-g" and no 
> optimization, I get a different
> result. So the compiler is doing something screwy.
> 
> Note that the sha2.c used in the pw module comes from 
> https://aarongifford.com/computers/sha.html and is
> unmodified. Probably you should report a bug to the gcc project.
> 
> -- 
>   -- Howard Chu
>   CTO, Symas Corp.           http://www.symas.com
>   Director, Highland Sun     http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
>   Chief Architect, OpenLDAP  http://www.openldap.org/project/

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