CVE-2007-5855 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00415.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Mac Os X Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-5825	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019107
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39104

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-19T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:47:00.535Z

Reserved: 2007-11-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-5855

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-12-19T21:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5855

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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