Adaptive Firewall in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle invalid usernames in SSH login attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via a brute-force attack (aka dictionary attack).
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2808 Adaptive Firewall in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle invalid usernames in SSH login attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via a brute-force attack (aka dictionary attack).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:36.515Z

Reserved: 2009-08-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-2818

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-11-10T19:30:01.170

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

Link: CVE-2009-2818

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