Doc #69230 [NEW]: password_verify should indicate whether it's vulnerable to timing attacks

From: brian at access9 dot net Operating system: PHP version: 5.5.22 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:password_verify should indicate whether it's vulnerable to timing attacks Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.password-verify --- The documentation for the hash_verify() function (http://php.net/manual/en/function.hash-equals.php) clearly states that it is a "Timing attack safe string comparison". The documentation for password_verify() should indicate whether it is or is not vulnerable to timing based attacks. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69230&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69230&r=mysqlcfg