PT-2013-5379 · Apple · Airport Base Station Firmware

Joonas Kuorilehto · Published 2013-09-08 · Updated 2013-09-18 · CVE-2013-5132

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple AirPort Base Station Firmware versions prior to 7.6.4

Description The issue is related to the handling of incorrect frame lengths, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This can be achieved by associating with the access point and then sending a short frame, resulting in a device crash.

Recommendations For Apple AirPort Base Station Firmware versions prior to 7.6.4, update to version 7.6.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-5132

Affected Products

Airport Base Station Firmware

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5132 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5920 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory