Out-of-Bounds Affecting bluez package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-BLUEZ-582840
  • published3 Dec 2016
  • disclosed3 Dec 2016

Introduced: 3 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9801  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 bluez.

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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "set_ext_ctrl" function in "tools/parser/l2cap.c" source file when processing corrupted dump file.