Improper Privilege Management Affecting bluez package, versions <5.48-0ubuntu3.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-BLUEZ-560146
  • published13 Mar 2020
  • disclosed12 Mar 2020

Introduced: 12 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-0556  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 bluez to version 5.48-0ubuntu3.4 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper access control in subsystem for BlueZ before version 5.54 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and denial of service via adjacent access

CVSS Scores

version 3.1