CVE-2007-5855 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2007-5855
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Description: 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39104 ST 1019107 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA28136 CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html BID 26910 APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html

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