CVE-2009-2818

high

Description

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).

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956

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

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-10

Updated: 2009-11-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High