PIM(EP) r12.8 SP1: password update fail with special char via selang

Products

• CA Virtual Privilege Manager
• CA Privileged Identity Management Endpoint (PIM)

Issue/Introduction

　When password which contains'^1' is updated via selang,
 it cannot update login information.
 So, login failed with new password.
 User checked some pattern and he found following password was failed.

  ^12sword
  ^11sword
  Pass^12rd or so.

Cause

The cause of the problem is that that function changes certain combinations of characters on encoding and messes up that kind of password since ^1 combination is one of those combinations.

Environment

Release : 12.8

Component : CA ControlMinder - Unix

OS: RHEL 6.4

Resolution

T5C1167 is provided.

Please contact support to get it.

Additional Information

Reproduce steps is here:

Following token change in seos.ini.

　　　passwd_distribution_encryption_mode = 3

　　　passwd_local_encryption_method = sha512

 1. change password with ^12sword for test user via selang  

 2. try login via ssh with new password.

Expected Results:

  success login with new password, ^12sword.

Actual Results:

  failed login.