Security Features Affecting android package, versions <20160307-0742-0ubuntu3
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-ANDROID-322256
- published12 Mar 2016
- disclosed12 Mar 2016
Introduced: 12 Mar 2016
CVE-2016-0818 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 android to version 20160307-0742-0ubuntu3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream android package and not the android package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:17.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
The caching functionality in the TrustManagerImpl class in TrustManagerImpl.java in Conscrypt in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.x before 2016-03-01 mishandles the distinction between an intermediate CA and a trusted root CA, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging access to an intermediate CA to issue a certificate, aka internal bug 26232830.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-0818
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/conscrypt/+/4c9f9c2201116acf790fca25af43995d29980ee0
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/conscrypt/+/c4ab1b959280413fb11bf4fd7f6b4c2ba38bd779
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84245