CVE-2020-12859

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12859
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-18 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-20 19:08:00 UTC
DescriptionUnnecessary fields in the OpenTrace/BlueTrace protocol in COVIDSafe through v1.0.17 allow a remote attacker to identify a device model by observing cleartext payload data. This allows re-identification of devices, especially less common phone models or those in low-density situations.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-312

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Health Covidsafe All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
COVIDSafe app | Australian Government Department of Health MISC www.health.gov.au Product, Vendor Advisory
COVIDSafe Android App - BLE Privacy Issues - Google Docs MISC docs.google.com Third Party Advisory
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