Firmware Update für ältere AirPort-Geräte

Nachdem Apple bereits vor 3 Wochen ein Update für die letzte Generation der WiFi-Geräte der AirPort-Familie mit WiFi 802.11ac bereitgestellt hat, folgt nun das entsprechende Update auch für die älteren Geräte mit 802.11n-Standard. Ein zeitnahes Update wird empfohlen.

Details

AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.8.1

  • Released June 20, 2019
  • Available for: AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule base stations with 802.11n

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory

  • Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
  • CVE-2019-8581: Lucio Albornoz

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a system denial of service

  • Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved input validation.
  • CVE-2019-8588: Vince Cali (@0x56)

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution

  • Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
  • CVE-2019-8578: Maxime Villard

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a system denial of service

  • Description: A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation.
  • CVE-2018-6918: Maxime Villard

Impact: A base station factory reset may not delete all user information

  • Description: The issue was addressed with improved data deletion.
  • CVE-2019-8575: joshua stein

Impact: An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial of service attack

  • Description: A denial of service issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
  • CVE-2019-7291: Maxime Villard

Impact: Source-routed IPv4 packets may be unexpectedly accepted

  • Description: Source-routed IPv4 packets were disabled by default.
  • CVE-2019-8580: Maxime Villard

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution

  • Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved input validation.
  • CVE-2019-8572: Maxime Villard

Quellen

Apple Support