PT-2016-2551 · Google · Android

Published 2016-08-05 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-3837

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0 Android versions 6.x before 2016-08-01

Description The issue is related to a lack of protection for service data in the Wi-Fi component of the Android operating system. It allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information using a specially crafted application that provides a MAC address with too few characters. The vulnerable component is located in the service/jni/com android server wifi WifiNative.cpp file.

Recommendations For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-08-01, ensure that the August 2016 security patch is applied.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01943

CVE-2016-3837

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01943 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3837 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/+/a209ff12ba9617c10550678ff93d01fb72a33399 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3837 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3837 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92235 · Note