CVE-2009-2189

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2189
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-22 03:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe ICMPv6 implementation on the Apple Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme Base Station, and AirPort Express Base Station with firmware before 7.5.2 does not limit the rate of (1) Router Advertisement and (2) Neighbor Discovery packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and device restart) by sending many packets.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.1 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Apple Airport Express All All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Express Base Station Firmware 3.84 All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Express Base Station Firmware 4.0.9 All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Express Base Station Firmware 6.1 All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Express Base Station Firmware 6.3 All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Express Base Station Firmware 7.3.2 All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Express Base Station Firmware 7.4.1 All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Express Base Station Firmware All All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Extreme All All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Extreme Base Station Firmware 5.5 All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Extreme Base Station Firmware 5.7 All All All
Hardware Apple Time Capsule All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apple Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service or Access Ostensibly Protected Hosts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
APPLE-SA-2010-12-16-1 Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.5.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
About the security content of Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.5.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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