CVE-2008-3617 Information

Description

Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 when used to set a password for a VNC viewer displays additional input characters beyond the maximum password length which might make it easier for attackers to guess passwords that the user believed were longer.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1020882 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45174