Bug#731378: nss-passwords fails to decrypt

[Stéphane Glondu <glondu@debian.org>]

Le 04/12/2013 23:39, Yann Dirson a écrit :
>>> nss-passwords, which I only run occasionally, fails today with the
>>> following message:
>>>
>>> Fatal error: exception Main.NSS_decrypt_failed("<base64 here>", -5977, 0)
>>>
>>> After trying several accounts on commandline, it looks like it
>>> succeeds in finding the password entry but just can't decypher it any
>>> more.  Could it be some change in libnss that broke something ?
>>> [...]
>> I've got exactly the same versions as you, and it works for me. What
>> version of Iceweasel are you using?
> 
> That's 24.1.0esr-1.
> 
> Now that you ask, I realize that I usually used nss-passwords against
> archived profiles that I don't open any more - and it does still work
> on them.  Only on the currently-in-use profile does it exhibit the
> problem.

I've got also the same Iceweasel version, and nss-passwords works on the
currently-in-use profile, if by that you mean "used by a currently
running instance of Iceweasel".

Do you get the error no matter which password you query? What happens
when you query "" (the empty string)? Can you reproduce the bug with a
fresh new profile?


Cheers,

-- 
Stéphane