National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0162

Overview

Wi-Fi in Apple iOS before 4.3 and Apple TV before 4.2 does not properly perform bounds checking for Wi-Fi frames, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reset) via unspecified traffic on the local wireless network.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: appleios-wifi-dos(65998)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/65998

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025182

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025182

External Source: BID

Name: 46813

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46813

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4565

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4565

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-3

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00005.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html