CVE-2013-5132
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedApple AirPort Base Station Firmware before 7.6.4 does not properly handle incorrect frame lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) by associating with the access point and then sending a short frame.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA denial of service vulnerability exists in Apple AirPort Base Station firmware versions prior to 7.6.4. The firmware fails to properly validate or handle incorrectly sized (short) frames during the association process, allowing an authenticated remote attacker to send a malformed frame that causes the device to crash and become unavailable.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 7.6.3= 7.3.2= 7.4.1= 7.4.2= 7.5.2= 7.6= 7.6.1= 7.6.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device modelOpen AirPort Utility (on Mac: Applications > AirPort Utility, or on iOS: Settings > AirPort Utility). Locate your base station in the device list and confirm it is an Apple AirPort Base Station model.Affected if The device is not an Apple AirPort Base Station (this vulnerability only affects that product line)
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Locate the firmware versionIn AirPort Utility, click on the AirPort Base Station to select it, then look in the toolbar or status window for the firmware version number displayed as 'Version: X.X.X'. Alternatively, access the base station's web interface at its IP address and check the firmware version in the status or summary page.Affected if Unable to retrieve the firmware version from the device
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Compare version against affected listCompare your installed firmware version to the affected versions: any version <= 7.6.3, or exactly 7.3.2, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.5.2, 7.6, 7.6.1, or 7.6.2.Affected if The installed firmware version matches any of these: <= 7.6.3, 7.3.2, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.5.2, 7.6, 7.6.1, or 7.6.2
Your AirPort Base Station is affected if it is running firmware version 7.6.3 or earlier, or any of the specific affected versions 7.3.2, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.5.2, 7.6, 7.6.1, or 7.6.2.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Apple AirPort Base Station firmware to version 7.6.4 or later to patch the frame length handling vulnerability.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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