PT-2020-13303 · Australian Government · Covidsafe

Published 2020-05-18 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-12858

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions COVIDSafe versions 1.0.15 through 1.0.16

Description The issue concerns non-reinitialisation of random data in the advertising payload, allowing a remote attacker to re-identify Android devices running COVIDSafe by scanning for their advertising beacons.

Recommendations For COVIDSafe versions 1.0.15 and 1.0.16, update to a version that properly reinitializes random data in the advertising payload to prevent re-identification of devices. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-330

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-12858

Affected Products

Covidsafe

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12858 · Security Note
• https://health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-app · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12858 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/3874 · Telegram Post
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u5a5ersKBH6eG362atALrzuXo3zuZ70qrGomWVEC27U/edit?usp=sharing · Note