CVE-2011-2483

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-08-25

Description

crypt_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.

See more information about CVE-2011-2483 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (postgresql)	ELSA-2011-1377	2011-10-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (php53)	ELSA-2011-1423	2011-11-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (postgresql)	ELSA-2011-1377	2011-10-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (postgresql84)	ELSA-2011-1378	2011-10-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (php)	ELSA-2011-1423	2011-11-02
Oracle Linux version 6 (postgresql)	ELSA-2011-1377	2011-10-17

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