CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3617

Published: Sep 16, 2008 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5 (including) 10.5 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5.1 (including) 10.5.1 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5.2 (including) 10.5.2 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5.3 (including) 10.5.3 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5.4 (including) 10.5.4 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5 (including) 10.5 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5.1 (including) 10.5.1 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5.2 (including) 10.5.2 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5.3 (including) 10.5.3 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5.4 (including) 10.5.4 (including)

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