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CVE-2008-3617

Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a password for a VNC viewer, displays additional input characters …

Impact

Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a password for a VNC viewer, displays additional input characters beyond the maximum password length, which might make it easier for attackers to guess passwords that the user believed were longer.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
AppleMac Os X
Versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4
AppleMac Os X Server
Versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4

Weakness classification

CWE-255

References