304698 - Thunderbird has problems storing password with non standard chars (eg ",$,%,£)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Security, defect)

Description

[concysale]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; it-IT; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050717 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; it-IT; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050717 Firefox/1.0.6

This occurs both with "security password" and "account passwords".
If you enter a security password with non standard chars, eg !"£ , thunderbird
will accept it, rating it high security too, but then it won't recognize it when
you enter it to use the "view passwords" feature in "account passwords".
Thunderbird will allow you to change it though. So the problem it's probably
localized in the password handling routine.
The same thing happened to me with an account that used SSL connection. I wasn't
able to use a password with % or & chars inside it. It only recognized the _ char.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to Tools->Options->Advanced
2.Click on Security Password
3.Click on Change Password
4.Enter !"£ as new password, and type it again to confirm. Click OK
5.Click on Stored Password Manager
6.Click on Show Password
7.Enter !"£ (the security password)
Actual Results:  
Security password is not recognized

Expected Results:  
Accept the security password and show your passwords

The same problem occurs with stored account passwords. In this case the POP3
server will not recognized your password, since probably Thunderbird send it in
a wrong format (%xx code for non standard chars.)
NOTE: I use the Italian version of Thunderbird 1.0.6

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Related to/duplicate of Core bug 252436?

Comment 2

[concysale]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Related to/duplicate of Core bug 252436?

Yes for the Master Password. But the problem occurs also in stored account
passwords. To reproduce it, try to change your email password, using non
standard chars (!"£), and then enter the password when asked by thunderbird and
let it store it. Next time you try to access the account it won't recognize the
password.

Comment 3

[Ekhart]

Have you seen this?:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Password_not_remembered_%28Thunderbird%29

Comment 4

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporter, does the issue still exist in the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest 2.0.0.x is version 2.0.0.16)

Comment 5

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to previous comment. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to the bug with your reasons why.