CVE-2011-0189

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-03-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

The default configuration of Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.7 uses SSH protocol version 1 within the New Remote Connection dialog, which might make it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSH servers by leveraging protocol vulnerabilities.

Affected products

macOS: 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5 (+1)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5 (+1)
Apple Terminal: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

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