Google Play warning
Giuseppe Palmas
I received the following warning by Google:
Hello Google Play Developer,
Your app(s) listed at the end of this email use an unsafe implementation of the interface X509TrustManager. Specifically, the implementation ignores all SSL certificate validation errors when establishing an HTTPS connection to a remote host, thereby making your app vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. An attacker could read transmitted data (such as login credentials) and even change the data transmitted on the HTTPS connection. If you have more than 20 affected apps in your account, please check the Developer Console for a full list.
To properly handle SSL certificate validation, change your code in the checkServerTrusted method of your custom X509TrustManager interface to raise either CertificateException or IllegalArgumentException whenever the certificate presented by the server does not meet your expectations. For technical questions, you can post to Stack Overflow and use the tags “android-security” and “TrustManager.”
Please address this issue as soon as possible and increment the version number of the upgraded APK. Beginning May 17, 2016, Google Play will block publishing of any new apps or updates containing the unsafe implementation of the interface X509TrustManager.
To confirm you’ve made the correct changes, submit the updated version of your app to the Developer Console and check back after five hours. If the app hasn’t been correctly upgraded, we will display a warning.
Is this issue solved in the new Android app? I already have a test environment with the IMC component for Joomla 3 and I'm waiting for the open source Android app in order to deploy the new platform.
As they say, beginning May 17, 2016 Google Play will block publishing of any new apps or updates containing the unsafe implementation of the interface X509TrustManager.
Do you think that the new app will be already published before that date?
Thank you and best regards!
Giuseppe.
