CVE-2011-3189

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3189
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-08-25 14:22:48 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe crypt function in PHP 5.3.7, when the MD5 hash type is used, returns the value of the salt argument instead of the hashed string, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via an arbitrary password, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2483.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php 5.3.7 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
oss-security - CVE assignment - PHP salt flaw CVE-2011-3189 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net
About the security content of OS X Lion v10.7.3 and Security Update 2012-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
PHP :: Bug #55439 :: crypt() returns only the salt for MD5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
380261 – (CVE-2011-3189) =dev-lang/php-5.3.7: crypt() returns only the salt for MD5 (CVE-2011-3189) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
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
PHP "crypt()" MD5 Salt Security Issue - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/74726 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
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