Overview
Apple Mac OS X ftpd may allow arbitrary users to determine account name validity. This vulnerability may reveal protected information or allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition.
Description
According to Apple Security Update 2006-007: When attempting to authenticate a valid user, the FTP server may crash during a failed login attempt. The crash does not occur when attempting to authenticate unknown users. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to determine protected information or cause a denial-of-service condition. |
Solution
Apply Apple Updates This issue is addressed by Apple Security Update 2006-007. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This issue was reported in Apple Security Update 2006-007. Apple credits Benjamin Williams of the University of Canterbury for reporting this issue.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-4403 |
| Severity Metric: | 10.13 |
| Date Public: | 2006-11-28 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-11-30 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-11-30 15:49 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 9 |