The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.7.x that is prior to 10.7.4. The newer version contains numerous security-related fixes for the following components :

  - Login Window
  - Bluetooth
  - curl
  - HFS
  - Kernel
  - libarchive
  - libsecurity
  - libxml
  - LoginUIFramework
  - PHP
  - Quartz Composer
  - QuickTime
  - Ruby
  - Security Framework
  - Time Machine
  - X11

Note that this update addresses the recent FileVault password vulnerability, in which user passwords are stored in plaintext to a system-wide debug log if the legacy version of FileVault is used to encrypt user directories after a system upgrade to Lion. Since the patch only limits further exposure, though, we recommend that all users on the system change their passwords if user folders were encrypted using the legacy version of FileVault prior to and after an upgrade to OS X 10.7.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6 that does not have Security Update 2012-002 applied. This update contains multiple security-related fixes for the following components :

  - curl
  - Directory Service
  - ImageIO
  - libarchive
  - libsecurity
  - libxml
  - Quartz Composer
  - QuickTime
  - Ruby
  - Samba
  - Security Framework

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.7 that is older than version 10.7.4.  The newer version contains numerous security-related fixes for the following components :

  - Login Windows
  - Bluetooth
  - curl
  - HFS
  - Kernel
  - libarchive
  - libsecurity
  - libxml
  - LoginUIFramework
  - PHP
  - Quartz Composer
  - QuickTime
  - Ruby
  - Security Framework
  - Time Machine
  - X11

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
59066	Mac OS X 10.7.x < 10.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	5/10/2012	5/28/2024	critical
59067	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2012-002) (BEAST)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	5/10/2012	5/28/2024	critical
6482	Mac OS X 10.7 < 10.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Generic	5/14/2012	3/6/2019	critical

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