Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-2483

Title: Php Cryptographic Failures

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-2483.

CWE Category CWE-310
Published Date Aug 25, 2011
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.97%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-2483: 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.

Impacted Vendors

O
openwall 1
A
anynines 1
P
postgresql 1
P
php 1
S
solar_designer 1
P
php_group 1

Reference Links

http://freshmeat.net/projects/crypt_blowfish http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00015.html http://php.net/security/crypt_blowfish http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2340 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:180 http://www.openwall.com/crypt/ http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7 http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-9.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1377.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1378.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1229-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69319 http://freshmeat.net/projects/crypt_blowfish http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00015.html http://php.net/security/crypt_blowfish http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2340 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:180 http://www.openwall.com/crypt/ http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7 http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-9.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1377.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1378.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1229-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69319
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-2483 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.