PT-2016-1864 · Google · Conscrypt

Jeremy C. Joslin · Published 2016-05-09 · Updated 2016-05-10 · CVE-2016-2461

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Conscrypt in Android versions prior to 2016-05-01

Description The issue is related to the mishandling of resets of the Additional Authenticated Data (AAD) array in the OpenSSLCipher.java component of Conscrypt. This allows attackers to spoof message authentication. The vulnerability is also described as being related to insufficient access control, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to substitute authentication messages.

Recommendations For Conscrypt in Android versions prior to 2016-05-01, update the Conscrypt component to a version released after 2016-05-01 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01197

CVE-2016-2461

Affected Products

Conscrypt

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2461 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2461 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01197 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/conscrypt/+/1638945d4ed9403790962ec7abed1b7a232a9ff8 · Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/conscrypt/+/50d0447566db4a77d78d592f1c1b5d31096fac8f · Note