CVE-2007-1338

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The default configuration of the AirPort utility in Apple AirPort Extreme creates an IPv6 tunnel but does not enable the "Block incoming IPv6 connections" setting, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by establishing IPv6 sessions that would have been rejected over IPv4.

Affected products

Apple Airport Extreme: 7.1

References

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/2/14/7063
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305366
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/34843
http://secunia.com/advisories/24830
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017889
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1308
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33526
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/2/14/7063
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305366
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/34843

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