SB2014051416 - Cryptographic issues in Google, Google Android
Published: May 14, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014051416
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4832)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Android OS before 2.2 does not display the correct SSL certificate in certain cases, which might allow remote attackers to spoof trusted web sites via a web page containing references to external sources in which (1) the certificate of the last loaded resource is checked, instead of for the main page, or (2) later certificates are not checked when the HTTPS connection is reused.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=commit;h=dba8cb76371960457e91b31fa396478f809a5a34
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN43105011/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000053.html
- https://gitorious.org/atrix-aosp/frameworks_base/commit/dba8cb76371960457e91b31fa396478f809a5a34