Debian: DSA-3427-1: blueman security update

Date 18 Dec 2015

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

It was discovered that the Mechanism plugin of Blueman, a graphical Bluetooth manager, allows local privilege escalation. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3427-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
December 18, 2015                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : blueman
CVE ID         : not yet available

It was discovered that the Mechanism plugin of Blueman, a graphical
Bluetooth manager, allows local privilege escalation.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.23-1+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.99~alpha1-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your blueman packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
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