Unscored CVE-2011-1418 EUVD-2011-1424GHSA-785p-4249-4jf9

The stateless address autoconfiguration (aka SLAAC) functionality in the IPv6 networking implementation in Apple iOS before 4.3 and Apple T…

Published Mar 11, 2011 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The stateless address autoconfiguration (aka SLAAC) functionality in the IPv6 networking implementation in Apple iOS before 4.3 and Apple TV before 4.2 places the MAC address into the IPv6 address, which makes it easier for remote IPv6 servers to track users by logging source IPv6 addresses.

References

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4565
APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-1 vendor-advisory
APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-3 vendor-advisory