CVE-2023-40442 is an Apple privacy vulnerability in which an application may be able to read sensitive location information. According to the provided advisory text, the issue was caused by insufficient redaction of private data in log entries, allowing location-related data to remain accessible to apps. Apple states the issue was fixed by improving private data redaction for log entries. The vulnerability is addressed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 15.7.8, and iPadOS 15.7.8.
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A privacy issue where an app could read sensitive location information due to insufficient redaction of private data in log entries.
Vulnerabilità di privacy/logging su iOS/iPadOS che può consentire a un'app di leggere informazioni sensibili sulla posizione tramite dati nei log non adeguatamente redatti.
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