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Debian 8: DLA-1747-1 Moderate: Bluetooth SC Pairing Risk Fixed

debian lts
Calendar Grey April 1, 2019
Dist Debian Esm H88
New firmware-nonfree release: Addressing Bluetooth LE SC pairing security flaw. Protection for sensitive data improved.
Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered a cryptographic weakness in the Bluetooth LE SC pairing protocol, called the Fixed Coordinate Invalid Curve Attack (CVE-2018-5383)
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security advisory moderate bluetooth firmware-nonfree pairing risk

Summary

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
20161130-5~deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your firmware-nonfree packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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Ben Hutchings - Debian developer, member of kernel, installer and LTS teams


<pre><font face="Courier">Package: firmware-nonfree
Version: 20161130-5~deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-5383

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security advisory moderate bluetooth firmware-nonfree pairing risk

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