Samsung rolls out Android updates fixing critical vulnerabilities

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/samsung-rolls-out-android-updates-fixing-critical-vulnerabilities/

Samsung has started rolling out Android's August security updates to mobile devices to fix critical security vulnerabilities in the operating system.

This week Android published their August 2020 security updates, which includes numerous security patches for critical vulnerabilities impacting the latest devices.

As observed by BleepingComputer, Samsung Galaxy devices are automatically pulling updates today, August 8, 2020. These updates include camera improvements and Wi-Fi optimizations, along with some pretty significant security fixes.

Android August 2020 update notification observed on Samsung Galaxy S10 5G
Source: BleepingComputer​

 

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These updates are unrelated to the Qualcomm one?

- Security Alert - Nearly 50% of all smartphones affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon bugs

 

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These updates are unrelated to the Qualcomm one?

- Security Alert - Nearly 50% of all smartphones affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon bugs

Yes, probably. In this report by Samsung all "CVE" seems to be different compared to the report about Qualcomm:

Check Point disclosed their findings to Qualcomm, who acknowledged them, notified device vendors, and assigned them with the following six CVEs: CVE-2020-11201, CVE-2020-11202, CVE-2020-11206, CVE-2020-11207, CVE-2020-11208, and CVE-2020-11209.