Google patches Android flaw
Monday, November 3, 2008
Google has released a patch to remedy a security flaw identified in the new Android mobile phone.
The problem arose when researchers identified a pre-existing flaw in an open source library used to run the phone's software.
Blorge.com has noted that while the vendor has fixed the problem, Android users were vulnerable because the phone had not been shipped with the most recent version of the library.
Following the identification of the problem, Google attracted a storm of criticism over its handling of the problem.
Particular resentment was caused by Google's discrediting of the researchers on the grounds that they should not have leaked details of the problem to the New York Times.
The group said that analyst Charlie Miller and his team had broken an unwritten rule between vendors and testers as to how software vulnerabilities should be published.
"Although the problem has been fixed, it is hard to be impressed by the way that Google handled it," concluded blorge's Michael W Jones.
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