CVE-2009-2189

Apple Time Capsule/AirPort Extreme/Base Station <7.5.2 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00001.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4298
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024907

Scores

EPSS 0.0082
EPSS Percentile 53.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (12)
apple/airport_express
apple/airport_express_base_station_firmware 3.84
apple/airport_express_base_station_firmware 4.0.9
apple/airport_express_base_station_firmware 6.1
apple/airport_express_base_station_firmware 6.3
apple/airport_express_base_station_firmware 7.3.2
apple/airport_express_base_station_firmware 7.4.1
apple/airport_express_base_station_firmware < 7.4.2
apple/airport_extreme
apple/airport_extreme_base_station_firmware 5.5
... and 2 more
Published Dec 22, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026