CVE-2011-2483
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 5.0% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2471)
- Published
- August 25, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2471 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openwall / crypt blowfish
- php / php
- postgresql / postgresql
References
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/crypt_blowfish(Broken Link)
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00015.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://php.net/security/crypt_blowfish(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2340(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:180(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/crypt/(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-9.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1377.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1378.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1229-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69319(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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