#VU23116 Buffer overflow in BlueZ - CVE-2016-9800 

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#VU23116 Buffer overflow in BlueZ - CVE-2016-9800

Published: December 2, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23116
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9800
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
BlueZ
Software vendor:
BlueZ Project

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the pin_code_reply_dump() function in tools/parser/hci.c. A local user can pass a specially crafted dump file, trigger a buffer overflow and crash application.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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