BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target device to crash.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3879 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3879-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Adrian Bunk     September 07, 2024                            https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : bluez     Version        : 5.55-3.1+deb11u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2021-3658 CVE-2021-41229 CVE-2021-43400 CVE-2022-0204                      CVE-2022-39176 CVE-2022-39177 CVE-2023-27349 CVE-2023-50229                      CVE-2023-50230     Debian Bug     : 991596 998626 1000262 1003712

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in bluez library, tools and     daemons for using Bluetooth devices.

    CVE-2021-3658

        adapter: Fix storing discoverable setting

    CVE-2021-41229

        Memory leak in the SDP protocol

    CVE-2021-43400

        Use-after-free on client disconnect

    CVE-2022-0204

        GATT heap overflow

    CVE-2022-39176

        Proximate attackers could obtain sensitive information

    CVE-2022-39177

        Proximate attackers could cause denial of service

    CVE-2023-27349

        AVRCP crash while handling unsupported events

    CVE-2023-50229

        Phone Book Access profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow

    CVE-2023-50230

        Phone Book Access profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     5.55-3.1+deb11u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your bluez packages.

    For the detailed security status of bluez please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/bluez

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the bluez package has been released.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0167-1 advisory.

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0166-1 advisory.

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has bluez packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:2081 advisory.

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3689-1 advisory.

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:3240-1 advisory.

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3238-1 advisory.

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3157 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in bluetoothd in BlueZ through 5.48. The vulnerability lies in the handling of a     SVC_ATTR_REQ by the SDP implementation. By crafting a malicious CSTATE, it is possible to trick the server     into returning more bytes than the buffer actually holds, resulting in leaking arbitrary heap data. The     root cause can be found in the function service_attr_req of sdpd-request.c. The server does not check     whether the CSTATE data is the same in consecutive requests, and instead simply trusts that it is the     same. (CVE-2019-8921)

  - A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in bluetoothd in BlueZ through 5.48. There isn't any check on     whether there is enough space in the destination buffer. The function simply appends all data passed to     it. The values of all attributes that are requested are appended to the output buffer. There are no size     checks whatsoever, resulting in a simple heap overflow if one can craft a request where the response is     large enough to overflow the preallocated buffer. This issue exists in service_attr_req gets called by     process_request (in sdpd-request.c), which also allocates the response buffer. (CVE-2019-8922)

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

  - An issue was discovered in gatt-database.c in BlueZ 5.61. A use-after-free can occur when a client     disconnects during D-Bus processing of a WriteValue call. (CVE-2021-43400)

  - A heap overflow vulnerability was found in bluez in versions prior to 5.63. An attacker with local network     access could pass specially crafted files causing an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of     service. (CVE-2022-0204)

  - BlueZ before 5.59 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information because     profiles/audio/avrcp.c does not validate params_len. (CVE-2022-39176)

  - BlueZ before 5.59 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service because malformed and     invalid capabilities can be processed in profiles/audio/avdtp.c. (CVE-2022-39177)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:2081 advisory.

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:2081 advisory.

    The bluez packages contain the following utilities for use in Bluetooth applications: hcitool, hciattach,     hciconfig, bluetoothd, l2ping, start scripts (Red Hat), and pcmcia configuration files.

    Security Fix(es):

    * bluez: memory leak in the SDP protocol (CVE-2021-41229)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2022:2081 advisory.

  - bluez: memory leak in the SDP protocol (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2827 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in bluetoothd in BlueZ through 5.48. The vulnerability lies in the handling of a     SVC_ATTR_REQ by the SDP implementation. By crafting a malicious CSTATE, it is possible to trick the server     into returning more bytes than the buffer actually holds, resulting in leaking arbitrary heap data. The     root cause can be found in the function service_attr_req of sdpd-request.c. The server does not check     whether the CSTATE data is the same in consecutive requests, and instead simply trusts that it is the     same. (CVE-2019-8921)

  - A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in bluetoothd in BlueZ through 5.48. There isn't any check on     whether there is enough space in the destination buffer. The function simply appends all data passed to     it. The values of all attributes that are requested are appended to the output buffer. There are no size     checks whatsoever, resulting in a simple heap overflow if one can craft a request where the response is     large enough to overflow the preallocated buffer. This issue exists in service_attr_req gets called by     process_request (in sdpd-request.c), which also allocates the response buffer. (CVE-2019-8922)

  - BlueZ is a Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux. In affected versions a vulnerability exists in     sdp_cstate_alloc_buf which allocates memory which will always be hung in the singly linked list of cstates     and will not be freed. This will cause a memory leak over time. The data can be a very large object, which     can be caused by an attacker continuously sending sdp packets and this may cause the service of the target     device to crash. (CVE-2021-41229)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5155-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled the Discoverable status when a device is powered down.
    This could result in devices being powered up discoverable, contrary to expectations. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.04, and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-3658)

    It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause BlueZ to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
    (CVE-2021-41229)

    It was discovered that the BlueZ gatt server incorrectly handled disconnects. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2021-43400)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
206762	Debian dla-3879 : bluetooth - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
203193	Photon OS 4.0: Bluez PHSA-2021-4.0-0139	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
196471	RHEL 6 : bluez (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
189256	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : bluez (SUSE-SU-2024:0167-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
189255	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : bluez (SUSE-SU-2024:0166-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
187353	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : bluez Vulnerability (NS-SA-2023-0092)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
184734	Rocky Linux 8 : bluez (RLSA-2022:2081)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
181741	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : bluez (SUSE-SU-2023:3689-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
179595	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : bluez (SUSE-SU-2023:3240-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
179576	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : bluez (SUSE-SU-2023:3238-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
166429	Debian DLA-3157-1 : bluez - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
161132	AlmaLinux 8 : bluez (ALSA-2022:2081)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
161013	RHEL 8 : bluez (RHSA-2022:2081)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
160947	CentOS 8 : bluez (CESA-2022:2081)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
156584	Photon OS 3.0: Bluez PHSA-2021-3.0-0346	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
155712	Debian DLA-2827-1 : bluez - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
155687	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : BlueZ vulnerabilities (USN-5155-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical

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