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TITLE:
AirPort Extreme Base Station AFP Request Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29447

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29447/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Apple Airport Extreme
http://secunia.com/product/4504/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in AirPort Extreme Base Station,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when
handling AFP requests and can be exploited via a specially crafted
AFP request to cause file sharing to become unresponsive.

SOLUTION:
Update to one of the following firmware versions:
* AirPort Extreme with 802.11n (Fast Ethernet) 7.3.1
* AirPort Extreme with 802.11n (Gigabit Ethernet) 7.3.1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Alex deVries.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Apple:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1226

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