CVE-2006-4403 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The FTP server in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier, when FTP Access is enabled, will crash when a login failure occurs with a valid user name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and enumerate valid usernames.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03618.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Mac Os X Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4391	The FTP server in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier, when FTP Access is enabled, will crash when a login failure occurs with a valid user name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and enumerate valid usernames.

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=304829
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017303
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/371648
http://www.osvdb.org/30734
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30621

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-30T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:06:07.646Z

Reserved: 2006-08-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4403

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-30T16:28:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-4403

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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