4.3

CVE-2012-2143: debian debian_linux Cryptographic Issues

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2012:1036
Published 05-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2143 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 5.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.73%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 3
DSA-2491-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1RHSA-2012:1037RHSA-2012:1046

Timeline

  1. 05-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.73% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat11 products
  • postgresql< 0:8.1.23-5.el5_8
  • postgresql-contrib< 0:8.1.23-5.el5_8
  • postgresql-debuginfo< 0:8.1.23-5.el5_8
  • postgresql-devel< 0:8.1.23-5.el5_8
  • postgresql-docs< 0:8.1.23-5.el5_8
Debian1 product
Freebsd1 product
  • freebsdEOL≤ 9.0 | 10 | 11 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.5.1 | 2.0 | 2.0.5 | 2.1 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.5 | 2.2.6 | 2.2.7 | 2.2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.10 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3
Php1 product
  • php< 5.3.14 | ≥ 5.4.0, < 5.4.4
Postgresql1 product
  • postgresql≥ 8.3, < 8.3.19 | ≥ 8.4, < 8.4.12 | ≥ 9.0, < 9.0.8 | ≥ 9.1, < 9.1.4

5 vendors · 15 products

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