CVE-2007-5855

Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.1, when an SMTP account has been set up using Account Assistant, can use plaintext authentication even when MD5 Challenge-Response authentication is available, which makes it easier for remote attackers to sniff account activity.

🔗 References (16)

• cve@mitrehttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/28136
• cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1019107
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
• cve@mitrehttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39104
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1019107
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238