CVE-2011-2483

NameCVE-2011-2483
Descriptioncrypt_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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2340-1, DSA-2399-1
Debian Bugs631283, 631285, 631347, 679628

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libcrypt-eksblowfish-perl (PTS)bullseye0.009-2fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm0.009-3fixed
libxcrypt (PTS)bullseye1:4.4.18-4fixed
bookworm1:4.4.33-2fixed
sid, trixie1:4.4.36-5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libcrypt-eksblowfish-perlsource(unstable)(not affected)
libxcryptsource(unstable)1:2.4-1.1679628
php-suhosinsourcelenny(unfixed)631283
php-suhosinsource(unstable)(not affected)
php5sourcelenny5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny14DSA-2399-1
php5sourcesqueeze5.3.3-7+squeeze5DSA-2399-1
php5source(unstable)5.3.6-13631347
postgresql-8.3sourcelenny8.3.16-0lenny1DSA-2340-1
postgresql-8.4sourcesqueeze8.4.9-0squeeze1DSA-2340-1
postgresql-8.4source(unstable)8.4.9-1631285
postgresql-9.0source(unstable)9.0.5-1631285
postgresql-9.1source(unstable)9.1~rc1-1

Notes

- libcrypt-eksblowfish-perl <not-affected> (discovered and corrected in initial release in 2007)
- php-suhosin <not-affected> (bug #631283; that portion is not used since PHP 5.3)
[squeeze] - libxcrypt <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/2

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