CVE-2010-0525 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0525?

CVE-2010-0525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 30 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly enforce the key usage extension during processing of a keychain that specifies multiple certificates for an e-mail recipient, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack on a weakly encrypted e-mail message.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0525?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0525?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-0525 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0525 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2736-7x8v-6v3p.