Apple Patches Wireless Security Flaw

Apple has issued a fix for its Airport Extreme product, which it says would prevent attackers from causing system crashes on computers connected to a network. By sending a specially-crafted string of data, Core Duo versions of the Mac Mini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro could lock up. Core 2 Duo versions are not affected by the issue, the company said in an advisory.

To fix the vulnerability, Mac OS X would now perform additional validation of data received in order to prevent the crashes. Although this vulnerability had been fixed in a previous update for the product earlier in the year, Apple said it reissued to fix to address compatibility issues with some third-party access points.

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