CVEvulnerability
CVE-2003-0881
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2003-11-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Mail in Mac OS X before 10.3, when configured to use MD5 Challenge Response, uses plaintext authentication if the CRAM-MD5 hashed login fails, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by sniffing the password.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.3)
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html lists.apple.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html lists.apple.com