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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-03-11T22:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:19:15.048Z

Reserved: 2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-1418

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2011-03-11T22:55:05.807

Modified: 2019-03-08T16:06:25.590

Link: CVE-2011-1418

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