[Cracklib-devel] Patch For a Bug in crack-lib's Python String Distance Calculation

[Pascal M. <pmu...@go...>]

Hi cracklib-devel,

I've found and fixed a bug in cracklib.py's string distance
calculation. See patch below:

Index: cracklib/python/cracklib.py
===================================================================
--- cracklib/python/cracklib.py (revision 229)
+++ cracklib/python/cracklib.py (working copy)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     else:
         cval = old[i - 1]

-    if j == 0 or len(new) <= i:
+    if j == 0 or len(new) <= j:
         dval = 0
     else:
         dval = new[j - 1]

-- 
Pascal Muetschard <pmu...@go...>