Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3413-1
12th September, 2017
bluez vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
BlueZ could be made to expose sensitive information over bluetooth.
Software description
It was discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed
in the Service Discovery Protocol (SDP) implementation in BlueZ. A
physically proximate unauthenticated attacker could use this to
disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-1000250)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.04:
libbluetooth3 5.43-0ubuntu1.1
bluez 5.43-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libbluetooth3 5.37-0ubuntu5.1
bluez 5.37-0ubuntu5.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libbluetooth3 4.101-0ubuntu13.3
bluez 4.101-0ubuntu13.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2017-1000250
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12th September, 2017
bluez vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
BlueZ could be made to expose sensitive information over bluetooth.
Software description
- bluez - Bluetooth tools and daemons
It was discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed
in the Service Discovery Protocol (SDP) implementation in BlueZ. A
physically proximate unauthenticated attacker could use this to
disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-1000250)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.04:
libbluetooth3 5.43-0ubuntu1.1
bluez 5.43-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libbluetooth3 5.37-0ubuntu5.1
bluez 5.37-0ubuntu5.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libbluetooth3 4.101-0ubuntu13.3
bluez 4.101-0ubuntu13.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2017-1000250
Continue reading...
