Bug #73058 [Ver]: crypt broken when salt is 'too' long

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73058&edit=1 ID: 73058 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: sjon at hortensius dot net Summary: crypt broken when salt is 'too' long Status: Verified Type: Bug Package: hash related PHP Version: 7.1.0RC1 Assigned To: ab Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Indeed, Damian. Anatol, with regard to the fix[1]: it seems to me, that it would suffice to check that the actual salt is not empty, i.e. to do the following instead: if (salt[7] == '$') { return NULL; } [1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/295303b5> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-09-09 14:23:34] requinix@php.net Looks like it was caused by the fix for bug #72703. https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/295303b59059536079caf68b4d76acf2149bd42c ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-09-09 13:35:07] sjon at hortensius dot net Description: ------------ $pass = 'secret'; $salt = '$2y$07$usesomesillystringforsalt$'; var_dump(crypt($pass, $salt)); * as demonstrated on https://3v4l.org/kuAJO Test script: --------------- * works with shorter salt: https://3v4l.org/O654F * fails with longer salt: https://3v4l.org/dvgnq (includes CRYPT_SALT_LENGTH) Expected result: ---------------- string(60) "$2y$07$usesomesillystringforex.u2VJUMLRWaJNuw0Hu2FvCEimdeYVO" Actual result: -------------- string(2) "*0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73058&edit=1