Apple AirPort driver probe response code execution

airport-driver-code-execution (29965) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

The Apple AirPort driver used with Orinoco-based 802.11 wireless cards could allow a remote attacker within wireless range to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper handling of probe response frames containing invalid information element (IE) fields. If the driver is in active scanning mode, an attacker could send a specially-crafted probe response to corrupt kernel memory and execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.8
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.8

Remedy:

Apply Apple Security Update 2006-007, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • Apple Security Update 2006-007, About the security content of Security Update 2006-007 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829.
  • MOKB-01-11-2006, Apple Airport 802.11 Probe Response Kernel Memory Corruption at http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-01-11-2006.html.
  • BID-20862: Apple Airport Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2006-5710: The Airport driver for certain Orinoco based Airport cards in Darwin kernel 8.8.0 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an 802.11 probe response frame without any valid information element (IE) fields after the header, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
  • OSVDB ID: 30180: Mac OS X Orinoco Airport Crafted Probe Response Frame Arbitrary Code Execution
  • SA22679: Apple Airport Probe Response Kernel Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • SA23155: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1017151: Apple AirPort Probe Response Frame Memory Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
  • US-CERT VU#191336: Apple Airport driver fails to properly handle probe response frames
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-4313: Apple Airport Probe Response Remote Kernel Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-4750: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Command Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Nov 01, 2006

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