CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-2189

Published: Dec 22, 2010 | Modified: Jan 19, 2011
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.1 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Airport_express_base_station_firmware Apple * 7.4.2 (including)
Airport_express_base_station_firmware Apple 3.84 (including) 3.84 (including)
Airport_express_base_station_firmware Apple 4.0.9 (including) 4.0.9 (including)
Airport_express_base_station_firmware Apple 6.1 (including) 6.1 (including)
Airport_express_base_station_firmware Apple 6.3 (including) 6.3 (including)
Airport_express_base_station_firmware Apple 7.3.2 (including) 7.3.2 (including)
Airport_express_base_station_firmware Apple 7.4.1 (including) 7.4.1 (including)
Airport_extreme_base_station_firmware Apple 5.5 (including) 5.5 (including)
Airport_extreme_base_station_firmware Apple 5.7 (including) 5.7 (including)

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