full-disclosure - Re: Flog 1.1.2 Remote Admin Password Disclosure

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Message-ID: <45A10CE7.3060108@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:08:23 +0100
From: endrazine <endrazine@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Flog 1.1.2 Remote Admin Password Disclosure

Hi dear list,

wac a écrit :
>
>
> On 1/5/07, *Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu <mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>* 
> <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu <mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> > wrote:
>
>     On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:34:49 EST, T Biehn said:
>     > This isn't a password disclosure, it's a leak of password
>     information.
>     >
>     > It's a password hash, you super hacker.
>

>
> yes that's correct but don't forget that hashes can collide
>
> it could be the case that:
>
can ? could ? might ? Do you have any mathematical prouve or are you 
just guessing ?

> xhash("$Up3$tr0n9 # P@...oRD!!") == xhash("1234") and you don't even 
> need the original strong one ;)
>
what hashing algorithm is being use ? Is a collision realistic ? How 
much time would it take to actually break a given hash ?
> so strong password is not a countermesure to that
>
> I beleive that is a BIG security hole
>
At least, the hash was probably not meant to be leaked ;)
Now, if you don't answer the above questions by "can", "weak", "very", 
"< 1 day or so", hence, the word "BIG" is a bit exagereted imho...

Regards,

endrazine-

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