Medium 4.3Published Jul 5, 2012

CVE-2012-2143The 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 contai…

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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.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-310
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

postgresql postgresql postgresql:postgresql	from 8.3 before 8.3.19; from 8.4 before 8.4.12; from 9.0 before 9.0.8; from 9.1 before 9.1.4	NVD
freebsd freebsd freebsd:freebsd	through 9.0; 1.0; 1.1; 1.1.5; 1.1.5.1; 2.0; 2.0.5; 2.1; and 51 more ranges	NVD
php php php:php	before 5.3.14; from 5.4.0 before 5.4.4	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	6.0	NVD

References

References

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aab49e934de1fff046e659cbec46e3d053b41c34	broken-link, patch
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git&a=commit&h=932ded2ed51e8333852e370c7a6dad75d9f236f9	vendor-advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705	third-party-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082258.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082292.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082294.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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