CVE-2009-2818 Information

Description

Adaptive Firewall in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle invalid usernames in SSH login attempts which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via a brute-force attack (aka dictionary attack).

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184