Heap-based buffer overflow in BlueZ - CVE-2023-51596

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Heap-based buffer overflow in BlueZ - CVE-2023-51596

Published: December 22, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84667
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51596
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling the Phone Book Access profile. A remote attacker can trick the victim into connection to a malicious Bluetooth device, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Affected software

BlueZ
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Fedora
libell
iwd
bluez (Red Hat package)
bluez
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
watsonx Assistant Cartridge
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component

How to mitigate CVE-2023-51596

Install updates from vendor's website.

BlueZ - update to 5.71
libell - update to 0.74-1.fc42
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - addressed in versions 1.3.4, 1.4.2
iwd - update to 3.4-1.fc42
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces - update to 3.17.0
watsonx Assistant Cartridge - update to 5.1.1
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.1.1
bluez (Red Hat package) - update to 5.72-2.el9
bluez - update to 5.80-1.fc42

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