CVE-2011-2483

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2483
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-08-25 14:22:44 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptioncrypt_blowfish before 1.1, as used in PHP before 5.3.7 on certain platforms, PostgreSQL before 8.4.9, and other products, does not properly handle 8-bit characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine a cleartext password by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php All All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHP: News Archive - 2011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Modern password hashing ("password encryption") for your software and your servers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2399-2 php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PHP: CRYPT_BLOWFISH security fix details af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 php.net Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: (SUSE-SA:2011:035) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2340-1 postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
crypt_blowfish – Freecode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 freshmeat.net Broken Link
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
USN-1229-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:179 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
About the security content of OS X Lion v10.7.3 and Security Update 2012-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PostgreSQL: Documentation: Manuals: Release 8.4.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
APPLE-SA-2012-02-01-1 OS X Lion v10.7.3 and Security Update 2012-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net Third Party Advisory
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:180 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
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