SB2019120201 - OpenSUSE Linux update for bluez
Published: December 2, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019120201
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9798)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the conf_opt() function in tools/parser/l2cap.c when processing a corrupted dump file. A local user can use a specially crafted dump file to crash hcidump.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.