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OS X update for Wi-Fi (CVE-2019-8567)

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OS X update for Wi-Fi (CVE-2019-8567)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/02/2019
Created
08/02/2019
Added
08/02/2019
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2. A device may be passively tracked by its WiFi MAC address.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_14_4

References

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