CVE-2012-2143

Public on 2012-06-19
Modified on 2014-09-14
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 php 2012-07-05 ALAS-2012-95
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql8 2012-07-05 ALAS-2012-94
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql9 2012-06-19 ALAS-2012-91

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.0 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N