The auto-configuration feature in Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 selects plaintext authentication for unspecified servers that support CRAM-MD5 authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:44:41.524Z

Reserved: 2013-08-15T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2013-5181

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-24T03:48:52.237

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-5181

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