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title: "CVE-2011-3268\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3268

Publication date 25 August 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Buffer overflow in the crypt function in PHP before 5.3.7 allows
context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via a long salt
argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2483.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3268?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php5 | 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

only affected 5.3.7, due to strcat -> strncat -> strlcat
conversion

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3268)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3268)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3268)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3268)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3268>