CVE-2013-5183

low
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Description

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9, when Kerberos authentication is enabled and TLS is disabled, sends invalid cleartext data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2013-10-24

Updated: 2013-10-24

Type: CWE-200

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 4.9

Severity: LOW

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 10.8.5 (inclusive)

Tenable Plugins

View all (2 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
8040Mac OS X < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities Nessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
70561Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
high