CVE - CVE-2008-3617

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3617	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2008-09-15 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html BID:31189 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 CERT:TA08-260A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html SECTRACK:1020882 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020882 VUPEN:ADV-2008-2584 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 XF:macos-vncviewer-weak-security(45174) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45174
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080812	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080812)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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