CVE-2016-0818
Description
The caching functionality in the TrustManagerImpl class in TrustManagerImpl.java in Conscrypt in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.x before 2016-03-01 mishandles the distinction between an intermediate CA and a trusted root CA, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging access to an intermediate CA to issue a certificate, aka internal bug 26232830.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84245
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/conscrypt/+/4c9f9c2201116acf790fca25af43995d29980ee0
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/conscrypt/+/c4ab1b959280413fb11bf4fd7f6b4c2ba38bd779
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84245
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/conscrypt/+/4c9f9c2201116acf790fca25af43995d29980ee0
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/conscrypt/+/c4ab1b959280413fb11bf4fd7f6b4c2ba38bd779
CWEs
CWE-254 CWE-345
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.