CVE-2016-5341 Denial of service in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can cause GPS signal-acquisition delays in Android by spoofing specific Qualcomm hostnames with incorrect data files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-5341?
CVE-2016-5341 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554).
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5341?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5341?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-5341 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5341 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r473-8j89-p54x.