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Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station IPv6 Type 0 Route Headers Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26703
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Release Date:
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2007-09-05
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Popularity:
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4,753 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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 Airport Extreme
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-2242
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The security issue is caused due to an error within the processing of packets with IPv6 type 0 route headers. This can be exploited to cause a DoS due to high network traffic by sending specially crafted IPv6 packets to vulnerable systems.
The security issue is reported in firmware versions prior to 7.2.1.
NOTE: This security issue does reportedly not affect the Gigabit Ethernet version of AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n*.
Solution:
Update to firmware version 7.2.1.
http://www.apple.com/support/download...basestationwith80211nfirmware721.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported by Philippe Biondi and Arnaud Ebalard
Original Advisory:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306375
http://www.secdev.org/conf/IPv6_RH_security-csw07.pdf
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