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>> Apple AirPort Network Interface Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Title : Apple AirPort Network Interface Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0064
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3714
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-01-06


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A vulnerability has been identified in Apple AirPort, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error in the network interface that does not properly handle specially crafted requests, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause an AirPort Extreme base station's network interface to stop responding normally, resulting in a denial of service.

Affected Products

Apple AirPort Express
Apple AirPort Extreme

Solution

Apple AirPort Express Firmware Update 6.3 for Mac OS X :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportexpressfirmwareupdate63formacosx.html
Apple AirPort Express Firmware Update 6.3 for Windows :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportexpressfirmwareupdate63forwindows.html
Apple AirPort Extreme Firmware Update 5.7 for Mac OS X :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportextremefirmwareupdate57formacosx.html
Apple AirPort Extreme Firmware Update 5.7 for Windows :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportextremefirmwareupdate57forwindows.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0064
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303072

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Michael Zanetta

ChangeLog

2006-01-06 : Initial release

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