Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X Server

CVE-2009-2818

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).

EPSS: 0.019 (77.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x_server — versions 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)