Apple Airport Extreme AirPort Disk feature information disclosure
| airportextreme-airportdisk-info-disclosure (33527) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Airport Extreme could allow a remote attacker from within the local network to obtain sensitive information. A design error in the AirPort Disk feature of AirPort Extreme Base Stations with 802.11n improperly validates access requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to view filenames on a password-protected disk without providing a password.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of firmware (7.1 or later), available from the Firmware Update 7.1 for AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n. See References.
References:
- Apple - AirPort Extreme Web site: AirPort Extreme.
- Firmware Update 7.1 for AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n: About the security content of Firmware Update 7.1 for AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n.
- BID-23396: Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station Firmware Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- BID-23569: Apple Mac OS X 2007-004 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-0734: fsck, as used by the AirPort Disk feature of the AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n before Firmware Update 7.1, and by Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9, does not properly enforce password protection of a USB hard drive, which allows context-dependent attackers to list arbitrary directories or execute arbitrary code, resulting from memory corruption.
- SA24830: Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station Two Weaknesses
- SA24966: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017889: AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n Discloses Filenames to Remote Users and Allows Incoming IPv6 Connections
- SECTRACK ID: 1017942: Mac OS X Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1308: Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station Security Bypass and Information Disclosure Issues
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1470: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple AirPort Extreme 5.5
- Apple AirPort Extreme 5.7
- Apple AirPort Extreme 6.1
- Apple AirPort Extreme 6.3
- Apple AirPort Extreme 7.0
- Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station
Reported:
Apr 09, 2007
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