Apple Airport Extreme beacon frame denial of service
| airport-beacon-dos (30663) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Airport Extreme on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of beacon frames. A remote attacker within range of the affected Wi-Fi station could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed frames to cause a kernel panic, resulting in a denial of service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002, available from the AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002 Web site. See References.
References:
- AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001: About the security content of AirPort Update 2007-001 .
- AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002: About the security content of AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002.
- Apple - AirPort Extreme Web site: AirPort Extreme.
- MOKB-30-11-2006: Apple Airport Extreme Beacon Frame Denial of Service.
- BID-21383: Apple AirPort Extreme Driver Beacon Frame Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-6292: Apple Airport Extreme firmware 0.1.27 in Mac OS X 10.4.8 on Mac mini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro with Core Duo hardware allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and kernel panic) and have possibly other security-related impact via certain beacon frames.
- SA23159: Apple AirPort Beacon Frame Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1017328: Apple AirPort Extreme Beacon Frame Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- US-CERT VU#583552: Apple Airport Extreme fails to properly process 802.11 frames
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4822: Apple Airport Extreme Beacon Frame Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Apple AirPort Extreme
Reported:
Nov 30, 2006
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