Candidate: CVE-2015-6596
PublicDate: 2015-10-06 17:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6596
 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
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.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 sbeattie> additional fix available in the latest binary drivers for
   Nexus devices (bug 20719651)
 sbeattie> 9ef830c6dbd4f6000b94abee3df14b9e27a38294 -> android 5-6
   only, adds checks on binder calls
 sbeattie> first patch addresses mutliple crash issues related to
   threads in audio flinger
 jdstrand> Ubuntu does not use audio flinger
Bugs:
Priority: negligible
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS: 

Tags_android: apparmor
Patches_android:
upstream_android: released (5.1.1 LMY48T)
precise_android: DNE
trusty_android: ignored
trusty/esm_android: DNE (trusty was ignored)
vivid_android: ignored
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_android: ignored
vivid/ubuntu-core_android: DNE
wily_android: ignored
devel_android: ignored