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CVE-2006-3508

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AirPort wireless driver on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), gain privileges, and execute arbitrary code via a crafted frame that is not properly handled during scan cache updates.

Published

2006-09-21T21:07:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.7	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00001.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22068 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016903 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589540 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20144 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3737 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22068 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016903 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589540 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20144 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3737 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)