National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3508
Original release date:09/21/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#589540
Name: VU#589540
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2006-09-21
External Source: BID
Name: 20144
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3737
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016903
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22068
