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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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2340-1 postgresql security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2399-1 php5 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2399-2 php5 regression fix
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1229-1 PostgreSQL vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1231-1 PHP Vulnerabilities
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.08273}

epss

{'score': 0.06267}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:00:34.040Z

Reserved: 2011-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2483

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-08-25T14:22:44.913

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-2483

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2483 - Bugzilla

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