CVE-2015-6596

Publication date 6 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

mediaserver in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48T allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bugs 20731946 and 20719651, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7717.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
android	15.10 wily	Ignored
	15.04 vivid	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

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Notes

sbeattie

additional fix available in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices (bug 20719651) 9ef830c6dbd4f6000b94abee3df14b9e27a38294 -> android 5-6 only, adds checks on binder calls first patch addresses mutliple crash issues related to threads in audio flinger

jdstrand

Ubuntu does not use audio flinger

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-security-updates/iv1BF0f0XY4
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/b97ee930e4f7ed1587b869c92b4aa1dc90b641cc%5E!/#F0
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/9ef830c6dbd4f6000b94abee3df14b9e27a38294%5E!/#F0
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6596