Google Android up to 5.1.1 LMY49C/6.0 Wi-Fi information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Google Android up to 5.1.1 LMY49C/6.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Wi-Fi. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5310. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Android up to 5.1.1 LMY49C/6.0 (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Wi-Fi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Wi-Fi in Android before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive Wi-Fi information by leveraging access to the local physical environment, aka internal bug 25266660.

The weakness was presented 01/06/2016 by Jouni Malinen as 25266660 as confirmed bug report (Website). The advisory is shared at source.android.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5310 since 07/01/2015. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86833 (Debian DSA-3397-1 : wpa - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169165 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2016:2305-1)).

Upgrading to version 5.1.1 LMY49F or 6.0 2016-01-01 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86833), SecurityFocus (BID 77541†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55593†). See VDB-75888, VDB-75889, VDB-79102 and VDB-80094 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 86833
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3397-1 : wpa - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703397
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3397-1 (wpa - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Android 5.1.1 LMY49F/6.0 2016-01-01

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11/10/2015 +132 days 🔍
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01/01/2016 +51 days 🔍
01/06/2016 +5 days 🔍
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01/07/2016 +1 days 🔍
01/10/2016 +3 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: 25266660
Researcher: Jouni Malinen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5310 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5310
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80093

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SecurityFocus: 77541 - wpa_supplicant CVE-2015-5310 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034592
Vulnerability Center: 55593 - Silent Circle PrivatOS <1.1.13 Remote DoS and Packet Injection in Wpa_supplicant Wi-Fi Service, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/07/2016 09:43
Updated: 07/02/2022 13:56
Changes: 01/07/2016 09:43 (71), 06/20/2018 08:45 (19), 07/02/2022 13:56 (3)
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