CVE-2009-2189

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Apple
Status
Airport Express Base Station Firmware
Airport Extreme Base Station Firmware
Airport Express
Airport Extreme
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 December 2010

Summary

The ICMPv6 implementation on the Apple Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme Base Station, and AirPort Express Base Station with firmware before 7.5.2 does not limit the rate of (1) Router Advertisement and (2) Neighbor Discovery packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and device restart) by sending many packets.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//D...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4298
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024907
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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