Description: A vulnerability has been reported in AirPort Extreme Base Station, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when handling AFP requests and can be exploited via a specially crafted AFP request to cause file sharing to become unresponsive.
Solution: Update to one of the following firmware versions:
* AirPort Extreme with 802.11n (Fast Ethernet) 7.3.1
* AirPort Extreme with 802.11n (Gigabit Ethernet) 7.3.1
Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Alex deVries.
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