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title: "CVE-2018-10910\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2018-10910

Publication date 24 July 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**3.3 · Low**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10910?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A bug in Bluez may allow for the Bluetooth Discoverable state being set to
on when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system. This situation
could lead to the unauthorized pairing of certain Bluetooth devices without
any form of authentication. Versions before bluez 5.51 are vulnerable.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10910?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bluez | 19.10 eoan | Ignored |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| gnome-bluetooth | 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 3.28.0-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10910?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

actual bug in bluez, but there is a work-around in gnome-bluetooth
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-bluetooth/commit/6b5086d42ea64d46277f3c93b43984f331d12f89
gnome-bluetooth <=3.26 used synchronous d-bus calls, so the
issue doesn't present itself
the bluez patches add new functionnality that newer versions of
gnome-bluetooth can use to fix this issue. Since the
workaround was applied to gnome-bluetooth, we aren't going to
add these commits to bluez. Marking as ignored.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| bluez | * Upstream:   [?id=279](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=2796d545e82659541333050557d5dbb89a295ae7) * Upstream:   [?id=ee8](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=ee863d9d5dd45b183ba6b0b45455498cd88b8663) * Upstream:   [?id=632](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=6324acf2012ec444f67c73a42d3991064a69eec6) * Upstream:   [?id=459](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=45969a7a7335eaa47c52b76b9e32c28d680dc031) * Upstream:   [?id=bbf](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=bbf1cd0102a4de658ca596dddb48713124f1fd41) * Upstream:   [?id=d04](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=d04eb02f9bad8795297210ef80e262be16ea8f07) * Upstream:   [?id=170](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=170ff3b81fdd9902c0b41bfd37ea0090cdb22830) * Upstream:   [?id=9a5](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=9a57d90628224fa6525e4eebf1e97f713918bb3b) * Upstream:   [?id=4f1](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=4f162b557a963cc21f7f1933e9abf3876f283b38) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

3.3 · Low

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 3.3 · Low |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10910)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10910)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-10910)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10910)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3856-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3856-1)
+ GNOME Bluetooth vulnerability
+ 14 January 2019

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10910>