CVE-2012-2143 describes a vulnerability in the crypt_des function, used by products like PHP and PostgreSQL, where passwords containing a 0x80 character are truncated, allowing authentication with a partial password. This medium-complexity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) could lead to unauthorized access (integrity impact) but has no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.3, < 8.3.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.4, < 8.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0, < 9.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.1, < 9.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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