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RHEL 4 : bluez-utils (RHSA-2007:0065)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25238

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated bluez-utils packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The bluez-utils package contains Bluetooth daemons and utilities.

A flaw was found in the Bluetooth HID daemon (hidd). A remote attacker would have been able to inject keyboard and mouse events via a Bluetooth connection without any authorization. (CVE-2006-6899)

Note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux does not come with the Bluetooth HID daemon enabled by default.

Users of bluez-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected bluez-utils and / or bluez-utils-cups packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-6899

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0065

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25238

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0065.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-utils-cups, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6899

CWE: 16

RHSA: 2007:0065