CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0378

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Kerberos login authentication feature in Mac OS X, when used with an LDAPv3 server and LDAP bind authentication, may send cleartext passwords to the LDAP server when the AuthenticationAuthority attribute is not set.

Risk Assessment

Sending passwords in cleartext poses a risk of credential interception by unauthorized parties, potentially leading to unauthorized access to systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to configure the AuthenticationAuthority attribute to prevent sending passwords in cleartext and to consider using encryption for connections to the LDAP server.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Kerberos login authentication feature in Mac OS X, when used with an LDAPv3 server and LDAP bind authentication, may send cleartext passwords to the LDAP server when the AuthenticationAuthority attribute is not set.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS