USN-5481-1: BlueZ vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 June 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in BlueZ.


Packages

  • bluez - Bluetooth tools and daemons

Details

It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly validated certain capabilities
and lengths when handling the A2DP profile. A remote attacker could use
this issue to cause BlueZ to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly validated certain capabilities
and lengths when handling the A2DP profile. A remote attacker could use
this issue to cause BlueZ to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 LTS focal libbluetooth3 –  5.53-0ubuntu3.6
bluez –  5.53-0ubuntu3.6
18.04 LTS bionic libbluetooth3 –  5.48-0ubuntu3.9
bluez –  5.48-0ubuntu3.9

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