USN-6809-1: BlueZ vulnerabilities

5 June 2024

Several security issues were fixed in BlueZ.

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Releases

Packages

  • bluez - Bluetooth tools and daemons

Details

It was discovered that BlueZ could be made to dereference invalid memory.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3563)

It was discovered that BlueZ could be made to write out of bounds. If a
user were tricked into connecting to a malicious device, an attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2023-27349)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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