Out-of-bounds Read Affecting bluez package, versions <5.48-5.13.10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-BLUEZ-2755983
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Apr 2019

Introduced: 2 Apr 2019

CVE-2016-9918  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 bluez to version 5.48-5.13.10 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, an out-of-bounds read was identified in "packet_hexdump" function in "monitor/packet.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

CVSS Scores

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