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								 INFORMATION BULLETIN
	
			   AirPort Update 2006-001 and Apple Security Update 2006-005
							 [Apple Security Update 304420]
	
	September 22, 2006 17:00 GMT                                      Number Q-323
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	PROBLEM:       There are several security vulnerabilities in AirPort: 
				   1) Two separate stack buffer overflows exist in the AirPort 
					  wireless driver's handling of malformed frames; 
				   2) A heap buffer overflow exists in the AirPort wireless driver's 
					  handling of scan cache updates; and 
				   3) An interger overflow exists in the AirPort wireless driver's 
					  API for third-party wireless software. 
	PLATFORM:      Mac OS X v10.3.9 & v10.4.7 
				   Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 & v10.4.7 
	DAMAGE:        Attackers on the wireless network may cause arbitrary code 
				   execution, may cause system crashes, or privilege elevation. 
	SOLUTION:      Upgrade to the appropriate version. 
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	VULNERABILITY  The risk is HIGH. May cause arbitrary code execution. 
	ASSESSMENT:                                                                   
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	LINKS: 
	 CIAC BULLETIN:      http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-323.shtml 
	 ORIGINAL BULLETIN:  AirPort Update 2006-001 and Apple Security Update 2006-005
						 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304420 
	 ADDITIONAL LINKS:   US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#867796 
						 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/867796 US-CERT 
						 Vulnerability Note VU#589540 
						 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589540 US-CERT 
						 Vulnerability Note VU#563492 
						 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/563492 
	 CVE:                http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= 
						 CVE-2006-3507 CVE-2006-3508 CVE-2006-3509 
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	 Please visit Apple's website to view their QuickTime Security Advisory:   
	 
	 
			http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304420 
	
	
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	CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Apple for the 
	information contained in this bulletin.
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