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OS X update for Wi-Fi (CVE-2019-15126)

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OS X update for Wi-Fi (CVE-2019-15126)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/05/2020
Created
02/13/2020
Added
02/12/2020
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

An issue was discovered on Broadcom Wi-Fi client devices. Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors (related to state transitions) in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for a discrete set of traffic, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-9500, CVE-2019-9501, CVE-2019-9502, and CVE-2019-9503.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-002-mojave
  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-007-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_1

References

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