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Apple Plugs AirPort Hole
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PC World Magazine
 
By PC World Magazine
Published on November 29, 2006
 
Software update patches bug in wireless drivers that left systems vulnerable.

Apple Computer has fixed a number of flaws in the software that ships with its personal computers, including a bug in its AirPort wireless drivers that was disclosed earlier in November.

 


AirPort flaw affects Proxim Orinoco wireless cards

The AirPort flaw was disclosed on November 1 by security researcher HD Moore. It affects Proxim Orinoco wireless cards used by PowerBook and iMac computers built between 1999 and 2003, he said.

These cards, which were branded AirPort by Apple, shipped with eMac, iBook, iMac, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4, and Power Mac G4 systems, Apple said in a note on the updates, posted Tuesday.

The issue does not affect systems that use the AirPort Extreme cards, Apple said.

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