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CVE-2016-9802

Published: 3 December 2016

In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer over-read was identified in "l2cap_packet" function in "monitor/packet.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in btmon crash.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
as of 2020-02-07, appears unfixed
crash in hcidump command line tool only

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
bluez
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Deferred

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
jammy Deferred

xenial Deferred

impish Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Deferred

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was deferred [2020-01-06])
upstream Needs triage

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Deferred

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L