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Apple Mac OS X Keychain Certificate Settings Security Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Mac OS X Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Mac OS X and is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in the implementation of Certificate Trust Policy, which allows attacker to bypass KeyChain security settings to accept an Extended Validation certificate as valid.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Mac OS X version 10.6 to 10.6.8 Mac OS X Server version 10.6 to 10.6.8.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.7.3 or later.