CVE-2020-12856

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12856
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-18 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-20 19:49:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenTrace, as used in COVIDSafe through v1.0.17, TraceTogether, ABTraceTogether, and other applications on iOS and Android, allows remote attackers to conduct long-term re-identification attacks and possibly have unspecified other impact, because of how Bluetooth is used.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Alberta Abtracetogether - All All All
Application Alberta Abtracetogether - All All All
Application Alberta Abtracetogether - All All All
Application Alberta Abtracetogether - All All All
Application Health Covidsafe - All All All
Application Health Covidsafe - All All All
Application Health Covidsafe All All All All
Application Tracetogether Tracetogether - All All All
Application Tracetogether Tracetogether - All All All
Application Tracetogether Tracetogether - All All All
Application Tracetogether Tracetogether - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
COVIDSafe-CVE-2020-12856/README.md at master · alwentiu/COVIDSafe-CVE-2020-12856 · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
COVIDSafe.watch - CVE-2020-12856 - Long-term tracking and possibly enables other bluetooth based attack vectors MISC covidsafe.watch Third Party Advisory
COVIDSafe Android App - BLE Privacy Issues - Google Docs MISC docs.google.com Third Party Advisory
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