Apple Airport Extreme 0.1.27 Firmware memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Airport Extreme 0.1.27 (Router Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Firmware. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Apple Airport Extreme firmware 0.1.27 in Mac OS X 10.4.8 on Mac mini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro with Core Duo hardware allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and kernel panic) and have possibly other security-related impact via certain beacon frames.

The bug was discovered 11/30/2006. The weakness was presented 12/05/2006 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6292 since 12/05/2006. The attack needs to approached within the local network. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24241 (Mac OS X Airport Update 2007-001), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30663) and Tenable (24241).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24241
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Airport Update 2007-001
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6292 (🔍)
X-Force: 30663
SecurityTracker: 1017328
Vulnerability Center: 14165 - Apple Airport Extreme in Mac OS X Denial of Service via Beacon Frames, Low
SecurityFocus: 21383 - Apple AirPort Extreme Driver Beacon Frame Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23159 - Apple AirPort Beacon Frame Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 30724 - CVE-2006-6292 - Apple - Airport Extreme - Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-4822

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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/14/2019 09:44
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (71), 07/14/2019 09:44 (13)
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