Multiple Vulnerabilities in Prima Wi-Fi Driver (CVE-2016-2471, CVE-2016-2473)

Release Date:

July 21, 2016

Affected Projects:

Android for MSMFirefox OS for MSMQRD Android

Advisory ID:

QCIR-2016-00022-1

CVE ID(s):

CVE-2016-2471CVE-2016-2473

Summary:

CVE-2016- 2471 When ioctl SIOCSIWSCAN receives SSID length greater than the valid length 32, a write buffer overflow occurs. Vulnerability: CWE-242 Use of Inherently Dangerous Functions CVE-2016-2473 When invoking the WLAN_SET_PACKET_FILTER_PARAMS ioctl, there is no validation of the parameters passed to the iw_set_packet_filter_params function. This could lead to an information exposure. Vulnerability: CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Access Vector: Local

Security Risk: High

Access Vector: Local

Affected Versions:

All Android releases from CAF using the following heads: KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow

Patch:

We advise customers to apply the following patches:

Individual Patches

• CVE-2016-2471: https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/?id=2c8961821b7691a95cbf5ecc6996e8229d6d5303
• CVE-2016-2473: https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c?id=0273cba64b0436d481e09222a631a6acc274b96c

Note: These issues (CVE-2016-2471, CVE-2016-2473) have been published in the Android Security Bulletin—June 2016 (http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html)

Acknowledgement:

This issue was reported to Google by a security researcher. Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC) thanks Google for bringing this issue to QuIC's attention.

Revisions:

Initial revision

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