SB2016010602 - Resource management error in Google, Google Android

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6646)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The System V IPC implementation in the kernel in Android before 6.0 2016-01-01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (global kernel resource consumption) by leveraging improper interaction between IPC resource allocation and the memory manager, aka internal bug 22300191, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7613.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592