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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2829

Event Monitor in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle crafted authentication data sent to an SSH daemon, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving processing of XML log documents by other services,…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.34%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Event Monitor in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle crafted authentication data sent to an SSH daemon, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving processing of XML log documents by other services, related to a "log injection" issue.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
2.34% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-255
Affected
apple/mac os x server
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.