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CVE-2009-2818

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-11-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Adaptive Firewall in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle invalid usernames in SSH login attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via a brute-force attack (aka dictionary attack).

Affected Platforms

Apple Mac Os X Server

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References