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Scientific Linux 4.x: Moderate Bluez-Utils Security Update on May 14, 2007

Calendar May 14, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory moderate remote access Bluetooth bluez-utils SL4.x
Moderate: bluez-utils security update 
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:22:27 -0500
Reply-To: Connie Sieh 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Connie Sieh 
Subject: Security ERRATA for bluez-utils on SL4.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific 

Synopsis: Moderate: bluez-utils security update
Issue date: 2007-05-14
CVE Names: CVE-2006-6899

A flaw was found in the Bluetooth HID daemon (hidd). A remote attacker
would have been able to inject keyboard and mouse events via a Bluetooth
connection without any authorization. (CVE-2006-6899)

SL4.x

 SRPMS:
 	bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.src.rpm

 i386:
 	bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
 	bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm

 x86_64:
 	bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
 	bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson