MAC Address Leakage Vulnerability in Apple iOS DHCP Component

CVE-2012-3725 · LOW Severity

AV:A/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The DNAv4 protocol implementation in the DHCP component in Apple iOS before 6 sends Wi-Fi packets containing a MAC address of a host on a previously used network, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about previous device locations by sniffing an unencrypted Wi-Fi network for these packets.

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