Description
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 products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
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 ↗