About the security content of Apple Support 1.2 for iOS

This document describes the security content of Apple Support 1.2 for iOS.

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Apple Support 1.2 for iOS

Released August 30, 2017

Analytics

Available for: iOS 9.0 and later

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept analytics data sent to Apple

Description: Analytics data was sent using HTTP rather than HTTPS. This was addressed by sending analytics data using HTTPS.

CVE-2017-7147: David Coomber of Info-Sec.CA

Entry added October 17, 2017

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Published Date: October 17, 2017