Buffer Overflow Affecting bluez-compat package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-BLUEZCOMPAT-1359313
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Sept 2016

Introduced: 10 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7837  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 bluez-compat.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bluez-compat package and not the bluez-compat package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities.