The MobileMe component in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.8 uses a cleartext HTTP session for the Mail application to read e-mail aliases, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive alias information by sniffing the network.
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://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 | patch vendor advisory |
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html | patch vendor advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48444 | vdb entry |