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RedHat 8 RHSA-2022:2081-01 Low: Bluez Memory Leak Security Update

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat introduced a minor bluez security fix for RHEL 8, tackling memory leak issues. Discover more information here.
An update for bluez is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The bluez packages contain the following utilities for use in Bluetooth applications: hcitool, hciattach, hciconfig, bluetoothd, l2ping, start scripts (Red Hat), and pcmcia configuration files.
Security Fix(es):
* bluez: memory leak in the SDP protocol (CVE-2021-41229)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat memory leak low impact Bluetooth fix

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41229 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.6_release_notes/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64: bluez-cups-5.56-3.el8.aarch64.rpm bluez-cups-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.aarch64.rpm bluez-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.aarch64.rpm bluez-debugsource-5.56-3.el8.aarch64.rpm bluez-hid2hci-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.aarch64.rpm bluez-libs-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.aarch64.rpm bluez-obexd-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: bluez-cups-5.56-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm bluez-cups-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm bluez-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm bluez-debugsource-5.56-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm bluez-hid2hci-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm bluez-libs-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm bluez-obexd-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: bluez-cups-5.56-3.el8.s390x.rpm bluez-cups-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.s390x.rpm bluez-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.s390x.rpm bluez-debugsource-5.56-3.el8.s390x.rpm bluez-hid2hci-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.s390x.rpm bluez-libs-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.s390x.rpm bluez-obexd-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: bluez-cups-5.56-3.el8.x86_64.rpm bluez-cups-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.x86_64.rpm bluez-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.x86_64.rpm bluez-debugsource-5.56-3.el8.x86_64.rpm bluez-hid2hci-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.x86_64.rpm bluez-libs-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.x86_64.rpm bluez-obexd-debuginfo-5.56-3.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:

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Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:2081-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2081
Issue date: 2022-05-10

Topic

An update for bluez is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat memory leak low impact Bluetooth fix

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2025034 - CVE-2021-41229 bluez: memory leak in the SDP protocol

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