Google Releases Nexus Security Update for March 2016

After February and January Security Update, Google is little late this month but finally they are out with the latest Security update for Nexus devices.

Google has provided fix for the major Keyring vulnerability which has affected around 66% Android devices. Overall, if we count than Google has addressed 19 issues all over the OS. The March update for Android addresses six Critical issues, eight High issues, and two Moderate issues.

Here’s a list of issues fixed in this update:

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Mediaserver	CVE-2016-0815 CVE-2016-0816	Critical
Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in libvpx	CVE-2016-1621	Critical
Elevation of Privilege in Conscrypt	CVE-2016-0818	Critical
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in the Qualcomm Performance Component	CVE-2016-0819	Critical
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in MediaTek Wi-Fi Driver	CVE-2016-0820	Critical
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Keyring Component	CVE-2016-0728	Critical
Mitigation Bypass Vulnerability in the Kernel	CVE-2016-0821	High
Elevation of Privilege in MediaTek Connectivity Driver	CVE-2016-0822	High
Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Kernel	CVE-2016-0823	High
Information Disclosure Vulnerability in libstagefright	CVE-2016-0824	High
Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Widevine	CVE-2016-0825	High
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Mediaserver	CVE-2016-0826 CVE-2016-0827	High
Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Mediaserver	CVE-2016-0828 CVE-2016-0829	High
Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability in Bluetooth	CVE-2016-0830	High
Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Telephony	CVE-2016-0831	Moderate
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Setup Wizard	CVE-2016-0832	Moderate

 

The source code patches for OEMs is also going live in next 24 hours. Well, Nexus devices will soon be getting the March security update.

Anyone here revealed the March Security update?

 

Google Releases Nexus Security Update for March 2016

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