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Apple AirPort Beacon Frame Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23159
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Release Date:
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2006-12-01
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Last Update:
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2007-02-05
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Popularity:
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10,118 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Apple Macintosh OS X
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6292
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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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