USN-4989-1: BlueZ vulnerabilities

16 June 2021

Several security issues were fixed in BlueZ.

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Releases

Packages

  • bluez - Bluetooth tools and daemons

Details

It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly checked certain permissions when
pairing. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate
devices. (CVE-2020-26558)

Jay LV discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled redundant disconnect MGMT
events. A local attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-27153)

Ziming Zhang discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled certain array
indexes. A local attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-3588)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04
Ubuntu 20.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

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