Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201601-30
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2016-01-25
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-8612
Package : blueman
Type    : privilege escalation
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package blueman before version 2.0.3-1 is vulnerable to local
privilege escalation.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 2.0.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "blueman>=2.0.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.0.3.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been found in the
Network::EnableNetwork() method of blueman. An unsanitized string is
received over DBUS into the dhcp_handler parameter and passed to eval(),
thus allowing arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the
user running blueman.

Impact
=====
A local attacker can use this vulnerability to get root access on the
affected host.

References
=========
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47784
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8612
https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman/issues/416
https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman/commit/e3d249391654da3fefe08b5389c2030fff1b12ea

ArchLinux: 201601-30: blueman: privilege escalation

January 25, 2016

Summary

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been found in the Network::EnableNetwork() method of blueman. An unsanitized string is received over DBUS into the dhcp_handler parameter and passed to eval(), thus allowing arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the user running blueman.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.0.3-1. # pacman -Syu "blueman>=2.0.3-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.0.3.

References

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47784 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8612 https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman/issues/416 https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman/commit/e3d249391654da3fefe08b5389c2030fff1b12ea

Severity
Package : blueman
Type : privilege escalation
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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