The Debian php_crypt_revamped.patch patch for PHP 5.3.x, as used in the php5 package before 5.3.3-7+squeeze4 in Debian GNU/Linux squeeze, the php5 package before 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and the php5 package before 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.10 in Ubuntu 11.04, does not properly handle an empty salt string, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging an application that relies on the PHP crypt function to choose a salt for password hashing.
CVE-2012-2317 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from debian, from debian, from canonical and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2012-08-07T19:55:01.437
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.6
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | debian | php5-common | ≤ 5.3.2-1 | Yes |
| Application | debian | php5-common | 5.3.3-7\+squeeze4 | Yes |
| Operating System | debian | debian_linux | * | Yes |
| Application | canonical | php5 | ≤ 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.16 | Yes |
| Application | canonical | php5 | 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | Yes |
| Application | canonical | php5 | ≤ 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.9 | Yes |
| Application | canonical | php5 | 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.10 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.04 | Yes |
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