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A cryptographic weakness existed in the authentication...

High severity Unreviewed Published Dec 24, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A cryptographic weakness existed in the authentication protocol of Remote Desktop. This issue was addressed by implementing the Secure Remote Password authentication protocol. This issue is fixed in Apple Remote Desktop 3.9. An attacker may be able to capture cleartext passwords.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 23, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 24, 2021
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.168%
(55th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-2488

GHSA ID

GHSA-vg4h-72cx-f756

Source code

No known source code

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