Published November 5, 2018
The Pixel / Nexus Security Bulletin contains details of security
vulnerabilities and functional improvements affecting
supported Google Pixel and Nexus devices
(Google devices).
For Google devices, security patch levels of 2018-11-05 or later address all
issues in this bulletin and all issues in the November 2018 Android Security
Bulletin. To learn how to check a device's security patch level, see
Check & update your Android version
.
All supported Google devices will receive an update to the 2018-11-05 patch
level. We encourage all customers to accept these updates to their devices.
Note:
The Google device firmware images are available on the
Google
Developer site
.
Announcements
In addition to the security vulnerabilities described in the
November 2018 Android Security
Bulletin
, Google devices also contain patches for the security
vulnerabilities described below.
Security patches
Vulnerabilities are grouped under the component they affect. There is a
description of the issue and a table with the CVE, associated references,
type of vulnerability
,
severity
,
and updated Android Open Source Project (AOSP) versions (where applicable).
When available, we link the public change that addressed the issue to the bug
ID, such as the AOSP change list. When multiple changes relate to a single bug,
additional references are linked to numbers following the bug ID.
Framework
CVE
|
References
|
Type
|
Severity
|
Updated AOSP versions
|
CVE-2018-9526
|
A-112159033
[
2
]
[
3
]
|
ID
|
High
|
9
|
HTC components
CVE
|
References
|
Type
|
Severity
|
Component
|
CVE-2018-9580
|
A-76222002
*
|
EoP
|
Moderate
|
Bootloader
|
Qualcomm components
CVE
|
References
|
Type
|
Severity
|
Component
|
CVE-2017-14888
|
A-70237718
QC-CR#2119729
|
N/A
|
Moderate
|
WLAN Host
|
CVE-2017-15835
|
A-72957155
QC-CR#2125781
|
N/A
|
Moderate
|
WLAN Host
|
Functional patches
All Pixel devices running Android 9 will receive an Android 9 update as
part of the November OTA. This quarterly release contains many functional
updates and improvements to various parts of the Android platform and
supported Pixel devices.
This release also contains the following fixes, which will be mandatory for
Android device manufacturers.
References
|
Category
|
Improvements
|
Devices
|
A-111401911
|
Display
|
Improved performance for devices using
picture-in-picture
|
Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL
|
A-109769728
|
Framework
|
Improved Strongbox symmetric key generation requests
|
Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL
|
A-112198479
|
Display
|
Improved performance for apps using
picture-in-picture
|
Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL
|
A-112714177
|
Notifications
|
Improved stability for notifications
|
Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL
|
Common questions and answers
This section answers common questions that may occur after reading this
bulletin.
1. How do I determine if my device is updated to address these issues?
Security patch levels of 2018-11-05 or later address all issues associated with
the 2018-11-05 security patch level and all previous patch levels. To learn how
to check a device's security patch level, read the instructions on the
Pixel and Nexus update schedule
.
2. What do the entries in the
Type
column mean?
Entries in the
Type
column of the vulnerability details table reference
the classification of the security vulnerability.
Abbreviation
|
Definition
|
RCE
|
Remote code execution
|
EoP
|
Elevation of privilege
|
ID
|
Information disclosure
|
DoS
|
Denial of service
|
N/A
|
Classification not available
|
3. What do the entries in the
References
column mean?
Entries under the
References
column of the vulnerability details table
may contain a prefix identifying the organization to which the reference value
belongs.
Prefix
|
Reference
|
A-
|
Android bug ID
|
QC-
|
Qualcomm reference number
|
M-
|
MediaTek reference number
|
N-
|
NVIDIA reference number
|
B-
|
Broadcom reference number
|
4. What does a * next to the Android bug ID in the
References
column mean?
Issues that are not publicly available have a * next to the Android bug ID in
the
References
column. The update for that issue is generally contained
in the latest binary drivers for Pixel / Nexus devices available
from the
Google Developer site
.
5. Why are security vulnerabilities split between this bulletin and the
Android Security Bulletins?
Security vulnerabilities that are documented in the Android Security Bulletins
are required to declare the latest security patch level on Android
devices. Additional security vulnerabilities, such as those documented in this
bulletin are not required for declaring a security patch level.
Versions
Version
|
Date
|
Notes
|
1.0
|
November 5, 2018
|
Bulletin published.
|