The mistake could leak sensitive information from IoTivity to outside parties. It could be a security issue.
More importantly: any device sending this packet will fail certification. Please include the fix [1] in 1.2. It's been done for almost a month. [1] https://gerrit.iotivity.org/gerrit/10455 -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
