22244 : Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station Crafted Packet Network Interface DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-01-05

Description

Apple Airport Extreme Base Stations contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a crafted packet is received on the network interface, and will result in loss of availability for users of the wireless network.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.7 or 6.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.	Airport Extreme	5.6
		6.2

References

Security Tracker: 1015443
Secunia Advisory ID: 18319
CVE ID: 2005-3714 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-01/0081.html
Other Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303072
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015443

Credit

Michael Zanetta - NETwork Security Consortium

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-06-05 | Disagree?

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