CVE-2008-3617 (GCVE-0-2008-3617)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-16 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020882 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2008-09-15 00:00
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