PT-2010-2283 · Apple · Mail+1

Paul Suh · Published 2010-03-30 · Updated 2010-06-21 · CVE-2010-0525

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 Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.3

Description The issue is related to the improper enforcement of the key usage extension during the processing of a keychain that specifies multiple certificates for an e-mail recipient. This might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack on a weakly encrypted e-mail message.

Recommendations For Mail in Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.3, update to version 10.6.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0525

Affected Products

Macos X

Mail

References · 3

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0525 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 · Vendor Advisory