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OS X update for Wi-Fi (CVE-2019-8854)

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OS X update for Wi-Fi (CVE-2019-8854)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/06/2019
Created
12/07/2019
Added
12/06/2019
Modified
12/06/2022

Description

A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, watchOS 6, iOS 13, tvOS 13. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15

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