Description (CNA)
Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a password for a VNC viewer, displays additional input characters beyond the maximum password length, which might make it easier for attackers to guess passwords that the user believed were longer.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45174
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020882
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45174
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020882