CVE-2016-6709 Information disclosure in Android
A man-in-the-middle attacker can access sensitive information in Android if applications use non-standard cipher suites.
- 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-2016-6709?
CVE-2016-6709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 25 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An information disclosure vulnerability in Conscrypt and BoringSSL in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a man-in-the-middle attacker to gain access to sensitive information if a non-standard cipher suite is used by an application. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access data without permission. Android ID: A-31081987.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6709?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6709?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6709 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-6709 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6709 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r5xm-3hfm-w636, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6709.