CVE-2011-3189 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The crypt function in PHP 5.3.7, when the MD5 hash type is used, returns the value of the salt argument instead of the hashed string, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via an arbitrary password, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2483.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0137.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Php	Php

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-3154	The crypt function in PHP 5.3.7, when the MD5 hash type is used, returns the value of the salt argument instead of the hashed string, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via an arbitrary password, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2483.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/74726
http://secunia.com/advisories/45678
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/23/4
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.8
http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-23-1
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380261
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55439
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69429
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3189
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3189

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-08-25T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:22:27.687Z

Reserved: 2011-08-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3189

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-08-25T14:22:48.023

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

Link: CVE-2011-3189

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2011-08-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-3189 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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