Apple Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware < 7.6 (APPLE-SA-2011-11-10-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56855

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Synopsis

The remote network device is affected by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.

Description

According to the firmware version collected via SNMP, the copy of dhclient-script included with the remote Apple Time Capsule / AirPort Express Base Station / AirPort Extreme Base Station reportedly fails to strip shell meta-characters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP response. A remote attacker might be able to leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the affected device.

Solution

Upgrade the firmware to version 7.6 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56855

File Name: airport_firmware_7_6.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/16/2011

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/Airport/Firmware, SNMP/community

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2011

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0997

BID: 47176

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