SB2016112505 - Information disclosure in Google, Google Android

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6749)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

An information disclosure vulnerability in Qualcomm components including the GPU driver, power driver, SMSM Point-to-Point driver, and sound driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Android ID: A-30228438. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#1052818.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94139
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html