National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1338

Overview

The default configuration of the AirPort utility in Apple AirPort Extreme creates an IPv6 tunnel but does not enable the "Block incoming IPv6 connections" setting, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by establishing IPv6 sessions that would have been rejected over IPv4.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: OSVDB

Name: 34843

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/34843

External Source: MISC

Name: http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/2/14/7063

Hyperlink:http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/2/14/7063

External Source: XF

Name: airportextreme-ipv6-security-bypass(33526)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33526

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017889

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017889

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1308

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/1308

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24830

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24830

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-04-09

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00000.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305366

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305366