The default configuration of Mail.app in Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.0.4 and 10.1 through 10.1.5 sends iDisk authentication credentials in cleartext when connecting to Mac.com, which could allow remote attackers to obtain passwords by sniffing network traffic.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0281.html | mailing list |
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9670.php | vdb entry |
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0276.html | mailing list |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5303 | vdb entry |