Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0242
CVE-2003-0242
Description
IPSec in Mac OS X before 10.2.6 does not properly handle certain incoming security policies that match by port, which could allow traffic that is not explicitly allowed by the policies.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.2.6
- (no CPE)range: <10.2.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
6- secunia.com/advisories/8798nvdThird Party Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/869548nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/7628nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12027nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvdBroken Link
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