SB2013081101 - Security bypass in Google Android
Published: August 11, 2013 Updated: January 16, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013081101
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Security bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7372)
The vulnerability allows a renote attacker to bypass security restriction on the target system.The weakness is due to the use of an incorrect offset value by the engineNextBytes function in Apache Harmony, as used in the Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) in Android . A remote attacker can leverage the resulting PRNG predictability, defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms and launch further attacks on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerablity results in security bypass on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.