Apple AirPort Beacon Frame Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA23159
Release Date: 2006-12-01
Last Update: 2007-02-05
Popularity: 9,624 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Apple Macintosh OS X

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6292


Description:
LMH has reported a vulnerability in the Apple AirPort Extreme driver, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the handling of beacon frames and can be exploited to cause a kernel panic.

The vulnerability is reported on an Intel-based MacBook running Mac OS X 10.4.8 (8L2127) and Apple Airport Extreme Firmware version 0.1.27. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply AirPort Update 2007-001.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportextremeupdate2007001.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
LMH

Changelog:
2006-12-08: Added CVE reference.
2007-01-26: Updated "Solution" section and "Solution status".
2007-02-05: Added link to US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-30-11-2006.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305031

Other References:
US-CERT VU#583552:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/583552


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