PT-2013-5426
CVE-2013-5181
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Published
2013-10-24
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Updated
2013-10-24
Description by
CVSS 2.0
4.3
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.9
Description
The issue concerns the auto-configuration feature in Mail, which selects plaintext authentication for certain servers that support CRAM-MD5 authentication. This allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 10.9, update to version 10.9 or later to resolve the issue.
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