Out-of-Bounds Affecting bluez package, versions <5.48-5.16.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-BLUEZ-2749987
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 May 2019

Introduced: 24 May 2019

CVE-2016-9917  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 bluez to version 5.48-5.16.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bluez package and not the bluez package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "read_n" function in "tools/hcidump.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

CVSS Scores

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