CVE-2009-2818

Published Nov 10, 2009

Last updated 15 years ago

Overview

Description
Adaptive Firewall in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle invalid usernames in SSH login attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via a brute-force attack (aka dictionary attack).
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-264

Evaluator

Comment
-
Impact
Per: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 "This issue only affects Mac OS X Server systems. "
Solution
Per: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 "This issue only affects Mac OS X Server systems. "

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