Vulnerability in Openwall Crypt Blowfish
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.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
EPSS: 0.050 (91.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Openwall Crypt_blowfish
- Php
- Postgresql
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-2483?
- CVE-2011-2483 is a vulnerability in Openwall Crypt Blowfish, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2011-08-25.
- Is CVE-2011-2483 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.