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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: bluez (CVE-2023-50229)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201785

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of bluez installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-50229 advisory.

 - BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of BlueZ. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must connect to a malicious Bluetooth device. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the Phone Book Access profile.
 The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20936. (CVE-2023-50229)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50229

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201785

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-50229.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2024

Updated: 7/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50229

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bluez, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bluez-obexd, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bluez-libs-devel, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bluez-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bluez-mesh, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bluez-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bluez-cups, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bluez-hid2hci

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CBLMariner/release, Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50229