[sr #108155] GnuTLS doesn't accept passwords larger than 32; NSS and OpenSSL do

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                 Summary: GnuTLS doesn't accept passwords larger than 32; NSS
and OpenSSL do
                 Project: GnuTLS
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 09 Oct 2012 10:42:20 PM UTC
                Category: Core library
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: None

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Details:

> _gnutls_pkcs12_string_to_key():
>      pwlen = strlen (pw);
>    if (pwlen > 63 / 2)
>      {
>        gnutls_assert ();
>        return GNUTLS_E_INVALID_REQUEST;
>      }

Compatibility issue between NSS, OpenSSL and GnuTLS. Because of the above
snippet, passwords larger than 32 characters work fine in the former two; fail
in GnuTLS.





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