Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in BlueZ - CVE-2018-10910

Vulnerability identifier: #VU23113

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 2.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10910

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists in BlueZ due to an error that may allow an attacker to turn on the Bluetooth Discoverable state, when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system. A remote attacker with physical proximity to the device can remotely turn on Bluetooth agent and access the device without authorization in some cases.

BlueZ
bluez (Red Hat package)
bluez
bluez-cups
bluez-debuginfo
bluez-debugsource
bluez-devel
bluez-help
bluez-libs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
openEuler

Install updates from vendor's website.

BlueZ - update to 5.51
bluez (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.44-6.el7, 5.50-3.el8
bluez - update to 5.50-8
bluez-cups - update to 5.50-8
bluez-debuginfo - update to 5.50-8
bluez-debugsource - update to 5.50-8
bluez-devel - update to 5.50-8
bluez-help - update to 5.50-8
bluez-libs - update to 5.50-8

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10910

• Security restrictions bypass in Bluez
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for bluez
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for bluez
• openEuler 20.03 LTS update for bluez-5.50-8