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GLSA-202011-11 : Blueman: Local privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 142826

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202011-11 (Blueman: Local privilege escalation)

 Where Polkit is not used and the default permissions have been changed on a specific rule file, control of a local DHCP daemon may be possible.
 Impact :

 A local attacker may be able to achieve root privilege escalation.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Blueman users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-wireless/blueman-2.1.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-11

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142826

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202011-11.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 11/20/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:blueman, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15238

GLSA: 202011-11