CVE-2009-2818

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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

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).

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

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 15 years ago

2009-11-10 19:30:00

Last updated 15 years ago

2009-11-17 07:02:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0

10.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0.0

10.0.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0.1

10.0.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0.2

10.0.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0.3

10.0.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0.4

10.0.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1

10.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.0

10.1.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.1

10.1.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.2

10.1.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.3

10.1.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.4

10.1.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.5

10.1.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2

10.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.0

10.2.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1

10.2.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2

10.2.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3

10.2.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4

10.2.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5

10.2.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6

10.2.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7

10.2.7

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8

10.2.8

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3

10.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.0

10.3.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1

10.3.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2

10.3.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3

10.3.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4

10.3.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5

10.3.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6

10.3.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7

10.3.7

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8

10.3.8

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9

10.3.9

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4

10.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.0

10.4.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1

10.4.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2

10.4.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.3

10.4.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.4

10.4.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.5

10.4.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.6

10.4.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.7

10.4.7

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8

10.4.8

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.9

10.4.9

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.10

10.4.10

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11

10.4.11

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5

10.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.0

10.5.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1

10.5.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2

10.5.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3

10.5.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4

10.5.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5

10.5.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6

10.5.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.7

10.5.7

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8

10.5.8

Apple Mac OS X Server

References

APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937

Patch, Vendor Advisory

36956

Patch

ADV-2009-3184

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