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Gentoo: GLSA 202401-03 High Severity: BlueZ Privilege Escalation Advisory

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities found in BlueZ may result in serious privilege escalation risks. Update recommended urgently.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bluez, the worst of which can lead to privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BlueZ. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation system attack bluez

Resolution

All BlueZ users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/bluez-5.70-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-45866 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45866

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-03
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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.

Severity: High
Title: BlueZ: Privilege Escalation
Date: January 05, 2024
Bugs: #919383
ID: 202401-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation system attack bluez

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bluez, the worst of which can lead to privilege escalation.

Background

BlueZ is the canonical bluetooth tools and system daemons package for Linux.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------ ------------ ------------ net-wireless/bluez < 5.70-r1 >= 5.70-r1

Impact

An attacker may inject unauthenticated keystrokes via Bluetooth, leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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