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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 …

Impact

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).

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
AppleMac Os X Server
through 10.6.1
Versions 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3

Weakness classification

CWE-264

References