Information disclosure vulnerability in mail in Apple Mac OS X via a brute-force attack on a weakly encrypted e-mail message| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:3816 | Date: (C)2012-01-20 (M)2021-09-30 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: macos |
The host is installed with Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 and is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly enforce the key usage extension during processing of a keychain that specifies multiple certificates for an e-mail recipient. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to obtain sensitive information.
| Platform: |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.6 |
| Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.5 |
| Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5 |
