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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-3441

Severity Medium
Score 4.3/10

Summary

libinfo in Apple iOS before 5.0.1 does not properly formulate domain-name queries, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted DNS hostname.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published