About the security content of Apple Remote Desktop 3.9
This document describes the security content of Apple Remote Desktop 3.9.
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Apple Remote Desktop 3.9
Authentication
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to capture cleartext passwords
Description: A cryptographic weakness existed in the authentication protocol of Remote Desktop. This issue was addressed by implementing the Secure Remote Password authentication protocol.
CVE-2017-2488
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