CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4745
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) PAM module in Apple OS X before 10.12 does not use constant-time operations for determining username validity, which makes it easier for remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a timing side-channel attack.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.11.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93055 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858 www.securitytracker.com
- https://support.apple.com/HT207170 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93055 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858 www.securitytracker.com
- https://support.apple.com/HT207170 Vendor Advisory