Disallow downgrading of non-debuggable packages.
An attacker could downgrade a package to an older version with known security vulnerabilities and then use some of the vulnerabilities to access the application's data. This would constitute a bypass of Android Application Sandbox. Thus, downgrading while keeping application data is no longer permitted. To help developers debug their apps, packages marked as debuggable can still be downgraded while keeping their data. This does not put the installed base at risk because, as a security measure, most application stores reject packages marked as debuggable. To downgrade a non-debuggable (i.e., release) package, uninstall the package (thus wiping its data), then install the older version of the package. Bug: 27327503 Change-Id: Iac75ed3c3831b5d925dfd8b660527cfa95813da8
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