AirPort Update 2006-001 / Security Update 2006-005

high Nessus Plugin ID 22418

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the AirPort Wireless card.

Description

The remote host is missing a security update regarding the drivers of the AirPort wireless card.

An attacker in the proximity of the target host may exploit this flaw by sending malformed 802.11 frames to the remote host and cause a stack overflow resulting in a crash of arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Apple has released a patch for this issue :

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304420

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22418

File Name: macosx_Airport_2006-001.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 9/21/2006

Updated: 11/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-3509

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/packages

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3507, CVE-2006-3508, CVE-2006-3509

BID: 20144

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