SB2016050913 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google, Google Android
Published: May 9, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016050913
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2461)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
OpenSSLCipher.java in Conscrypt in Android 6.x before 2016-05-01 mishandles resets of the Additional Authenticated Data (AAD) array, which allows attackers to spoof message authentication via unspecified vectors, aka internal bugs 27324690 and 27696681.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.