Google releases Nexus Security Bulletin for April

Google has officially released its Nexus Security Bulletin for the month of April. The bulletin marks the rollout of the latest monthly security update by Google for its Nexus mobile devices.

In releasing its April security updates for Nexus devices, Google said that the latest monthly security release fixes a number of issues in Nexus devices, including eight specific vulnerabilities; one of which affects the libstagefright library.

Revealing that nearly 30 issues discovered with Nexus device have been fixed in the April security update, Google said that most of the vulnerabilities which have been fixed by were first reported in the period between late 2015 and February 2016.

About the vulnerabilities which the April security update has fixed, Google said that it had apprised its partners about all the issues nearly two weeks back.

Revealing that the security fixes will soon be rolled out to owners of Nexus devices, Google said that it will release source code patches to its partners, or other interested parties, through the Android Open Source Project in the coming days.


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