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

Article Id: 140554

Status: Published

Updated On: 21-11-2019 17:01

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.