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Fedora 41: bluez 2024-acb9425c93 Security Advisory - Bluetooth Fixes

fedora
Calendar Grey September 20, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Enhancements to bluez and iwd in Fedora 41 boost Bluetooth capabilities and fix prior problems.
libell 0.69: Add support for getting remaining microseconds left on a timer

Summary

Utilities for use in Bluetooth applications:

- avinfo

- bluemoon

- bluetoothctl

- bluetoothd

- btattach

- btmon

- hex2hcd

- mpris-proxy

The BLUETOOTH trademarks are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A.

Update Information:

libell 0.69: Add support for getting remaining microseconds left on a timer. Add support for setting link MTU on a network interface. iwd 2.21: Fix issue with pending scan requests after regdom update. Fix issue with handling the rearming of the roaming timeout. Fix issue with survey request and externally triggered scans. Fix issue with RSSI fallback when setting CQM threshold fails. Fix issue with FT-over-Air without offchannel support. Add support for per station Affinities property. bluez 5.78: Fix issue with handling notification of scanned BISes to BASS Fix issue with handling checking BIS caps against peer caps. Fix issue with handling MGMT Set Device Flags overwrites. Fix issue with handling ASE notification order. Fix issue with handling BIG Info report events. Fix issue with handling PACS Server role. Fix issue with registering UHID_START multiple times. Fix issue with pairing method not setting auto-connect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora update information bluez Bluetooth utilities iwd fix libell update

Change Log

* Mon Sep 9 2024 Peter Robinson - 5.78-1 - Update to 5.78

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2294016 - CVE-2023-52424 iwd: 802.11: SSID Confusion attack [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2294016 [ 2 ] Bug #2307290 - libell-0.68 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2307290 [ 3 ] Bug #2310802 - libell-0.69 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310802 [ 4 ] Bug #2310805 - iwd-2.21 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310805

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-acb9425c93' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: bluez
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 5.78
Release: 1.fc41
URL:
Summary: Bluetooth utilities

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora update information bluez Bluetooth utilities iwd fix libell update

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