Apple Mac OS X 10.2 LDAP missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple Mac OS X 10.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component LDAP. The manipulation leads to missing encryption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2003-0378. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is preferable to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component LDAP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Kerberos login authentication feature in Mac OS X, when used with an LDAPv3 server and LDAP bind authentication, may send cleartext passwords to the LDAP server when the AuthenticationAuthority attribute is not set.

The weakness was published 06/05/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0378 since 06/05/2003. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at secunia.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at docs.info.apple.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 7832†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
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VulDB Base Score: 8.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: docs.info.apple.com

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2003-0378 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0378
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95
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SecurityFocus: 7832 - Apple Mac OS X Server LDAP Authentication Clear Text Passwords Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2003 02:00
Updated: 07/15/2024 14:08
Changes: 06/05/2003 02:00 (60), 01/11/2019 12:02 (4), 07/15/2024 14:08 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:82A:103

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