CVE-2012-2143

crypt(): DES encrypted password weakness

Published Jul 5, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 5.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
The crypt_des (aka DES-based crypt) function in FreeBSD before 9.0-RELEASE-p2, as used in PHP, PostgreSQL, and other products, does not process the complete cleartext password if this password contains a 0x80 character, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain access via an authentication attempt with an initial substring of the intended password, as demonstrated by a Unicode password.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2491-1 postgresql-8.4 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1461-1 PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1481-1 PHP vulnerabilities
References
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http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aab49e934de1fff046e659cbec46e3d053b41c34 cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git&a=commit&h=932ded2ed51e8333852e370c7a6dad75d9f236f9 cve-icon cve-icon
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082258.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082292.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082294.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1037.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/49304 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/50718 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:02.crypt.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2491 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-19.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-12.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-8.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-4.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026995 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816956 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2143 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2143 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:26 PM
Reserved
Apr 4, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 5, 2012, 2:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:41 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 30, 2012, 12:00 AM