Gentoo GLSA: 202011-11 High: Blueman Local Privilege Escalation
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November 10, 2020
A privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Blueman.
Summary
Where Polkit is not used and the default permissions have been changed on a specific rule file, control of a local DHCP daemon may be possible.
Resolution
All Blueman users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/blueman-2.1.4"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15238 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15238
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-11
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: High
Title: Blueman: Local privilege escalation
Date: November 11, 2020
Bugs: #751556
ID: 202011-11
Background
Blueman is a simple and intuitive GTK+ Bluetooth Manager.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-wireless/blueman < 2.1.4 >= 2.1.4
Impact
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A local attacker may be able to achieve root privilege escalation.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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