CVE-2011-2483

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-08-25
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
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