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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : BlueZ vulnerabilities (USN-6809-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200132

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6809-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that BlueZ could be made to dereference invalid memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3563)

 It was discovered that BlueZ could be made to write out of bounds. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious device, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-27349)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6809-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200132

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6809-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbluetooth3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-hcidump, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbluetooth-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-obexd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-cups, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-meshd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-tests

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3563, CVE-2023-27349

USN: 6809-1