20430 : Apple Mac OS X Keychain Access Password Exposure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-10-28

Keywords

APPLE-SA-2005-10-31

Description

Mac OS X contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized password exposure. The issue is due to the way the Keychain Access utility handles automatic password display timeouts. When a keychain automatically locks due to a timeout while viewing a stored password, the password will remain visible afterwords. It is possible to gain access to plaintext passwords when viewing a keychain resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 10.4.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.	Mac OS X	10.4.2
Apple Computer, Inc.	Mac OS X Server	10.4.2

References

Security Tracker: 1015126
Secunia Advisory ID: 17368
CVE ID: 2005-2739 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 20427 20428 20429 20431
Keyword: APPLE-SA-2005-10-31
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-10/0386.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302763
Vendor URL: http://www.apple.com/

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-11-01 | Disagree?

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