PT-2005-1231 · Apple · Mail+1

Carl Purvis · Published 2005-01-29 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-0127

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mail in Mac OS X version 10.3.7

Description The issue concerns the generation of a Message-ID header in Mail, which includes a GUUID that contains information identifying the Ethernet hardware being used. This allows remote attackers to link mail messages to a particular machine.

Recommendations For Mac OS X version 10.3.7, consider disabling the automatic generation of Message-ID headers or restricting access to this feature until a fix is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0127

Affected Products

Macos X

Mail

References · 6

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jan/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/464662 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14005 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0127 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19085 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013001 · Note