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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3972-1 (bluez - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
An information disclosure vulnerability was discovered in the Service Discovery Protocol (SDP) in bluetoothd, allowing a proximate attacker to obtain sensitive information from bluetoothd process memory, including Bluetooth encryption keys.
Affected Software
Affected Software
bluez on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.23-2+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.43-2+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your bluez packages.