CVE-2015-5851 Information

Description

The convenience initializer in the Multipeer Connectivity component in Apple iOS before 9 does not require an encrypted session which allows local users to obtain cleartext multipeer data via an encrypted-to-unencrypted downgrade attack.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609 https://support.apple.com/HT205212 https://support.apple.com/HT205267