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bluez vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in BlueZ.
Software Description
- bluez - Bluetooth tools and daemons
Details
It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled bonding HID and HOGP devices. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate non-bonded devices. (CVE-2020-0556)
It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled certain commands. A local attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7837)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- bluez - 5.50-0ubuntu5.1
- libbluetooth3 - 5.50-0ubuntu5.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- bluez - 5.48-0ubuntu3.4
- libbluetooth3 - 5.48-0ubuntu3.4
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- bluez - 5.37-0ubuntu5.3
- libbluetooth3 - 5.37-0ubuntu5.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.