CVE-2011-2483 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://freshmeat.net/projects/crypt_blowfish http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00015.html http://php.net/security/crypt_blowfish http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2340 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:180 http://www.openwall.com/crypt/ http://www.php.net/archive/2011.phpid2011-08-18-1 http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php5.3.7 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-9.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1377.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1378.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1229-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69319