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Apple releases Security Update 2010-006 (Snow Leopard)

Apple today released Security Update 2010-006 (Snow Leopard) which is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X.

Security Update 2010-006

• AFP

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1820

Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.4, Mac OS X Server v10.6.4

Impact: A remote attacker may access AFP shared folders without a valid password

Description: An error handling issue exists in AFP Server. A remote attacker with knowledge of an account name on a target system may bypass the password validation and access AFP shared folders. By default, File Sharing is not enabled. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.6. Credit to Richard Noll for reporting this issue.

Security Update 2010-006 (Snow Leopard) is available via Software Update and also as a standalone installer.

More info and download link (1.93MB) here.

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