Google has re-released a security update for its mobile operating system. It's about the August 2019 security update for Android P and includes patches 2019-08-1 and 2019-08-5 that together solve a total of 26 security flaws discovered in the Android runtime, the multimedia framework, the framework and the Android operating system, along with Broadcom and Qualcomm components. . The most critical flaw of all affects the operating system.
How can we read in the notice of its launch, «The most severe of these flaws is a critical security vulnerability in the System component that could allow a remote attacker to use a specially crafted PAC file to execute arbitrary code in the context of a privileged process. The severity assessment is based on the effect that exploiting the vulnerability could have on an affected device«. In my opinion, the serious thing is also that the above flaw can be exploited remotely.
August 2019 Android P security update, other news
- Specific improvements and security patches for all Pixel devices, such as three vulnerabilities fixed in Qualcom components, including closed components (not open source).
- Sleep mode improvements for Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL.
- The saving settings for WiFi networks have been improved on the Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL.
- The Wi-Fi CaptivePortalLogin stability has also been improved.
Like many updates from Google, among which we also have those of the web browser and its Chrome OS desktop operating system, the August security update for Android P has started to be available now, which means that its launch is official, but it will gradually reach all compatible devices.
