PT-2011-4306 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2011-10-14 · Updated 2012-01-14 · CVE-2011-3213

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions prior to 10.7.2

Description The issue arises from the File Systems component not properly tracking the specific X.509 certificate that a user manually accepted for an initial https WebDAV connection. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to hijack WebDAV communication by presenting an arbitrary certificate for a subsequent connection.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.7.2, update to version 10.7.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3213

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 4

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3213 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/50085 · Note