National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2739

Overview

Keychain Access in Mac OS X 10.4.2 and earlier keeps a password visible even if a keychain times out while the password is being viewed, which could allow attackers with physical access to obtain the password.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: BID

Name: 15252

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15252

External Source: XF

Name: macos-keychainaccess-information-disclosure(44462)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44462

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2005-2256

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2005-10-31

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 20430

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/20430

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1015126

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015126

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17368

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17368