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)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.050 (91.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/crypt/ (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69319 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 (Third Party Advisory)
- php.net/security/crypt_blowfish (Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2340 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1378.html (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.