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[Ara Pulido <ara@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes it is:

ara@sushirider:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ara@sushirider:~$ sudo passwd
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
Sorry, passwords do not match
passwd: password updated successfully

But, Dustin, this is only reproducible when you type "sudo passwd". If
you change current user's password:

ara@sushirider:~$ passwd
Changing password for ara.
(current) UNIX password: 
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
Sorry, passwords do not match
passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered
passwd: password unchanged

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passwd - passwords do not match but updated successfully
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272232
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “pam” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “shadow” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in ecryptfs-utils in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Released
Status in pam in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Released
Status in shadow in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: passwd

As root, if you attempt to change the password, and the passwords do not match you get "passwords do not match" and "password updated successfully".  It should only report "passwords do not match".  It shouldn't say "password updated sucessfully".  According to Synaptic the passwd package is at level "1:4.1.1-1ubuntu1".  This is on 8.10 Alpha 6.  Here's the output:

root@ehud:/# passwd
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
Sorry, passwords do not match
passwd: password updated successfully
root@ehud:/# lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release:	8.10
root@ehud:/#

This happens for normal users as well:

userX@ehud:~$ passwd
Changing password for userX.
(current) UNIX password: 
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
Sorry, passwords do not match
passwd: password updated successfully
userX@ehud:~$