National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4680
Original release date:11/15/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.10 does not properly validate certificates, which allows remote attackers to spoof trusted SSL certificates via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-319A
Name: TA07-319A
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2007-11-14
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: macosx-cfnetwork-ssl-mitm(38463)
External Source: BID
Name: 26444
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3868
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018950
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27643
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0920
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307563
