BlueZ 2.18 Bluetooth security.c privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in BlueZ 2.18 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file security.c of the component Bluetooth. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-2547. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in BlueZ 2.18 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file security.c of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper.

The bug was discovered 08/16/2005. The weakness was disclosed 08/12/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2547 since 08/12/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19442 (GLSA-200508-09 : bluez-utils: Bluetooth device name validation vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21856), Tenable (19442), SecurityFocus (BID 14572†), OSVDB (18770†) and Secunia (SA16453†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

BlueZ

Version

2.18

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 19442
Nessus Name: GLSA-200508-09 : bluez-utils: Bluetooth device name validation vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 55163
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 782-1 (bluez-utils)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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08/16/2005 +4 days 🔍
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08/22/2005 +4 days 🔍
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06/08/2019 +1550 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2547 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2547
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25987
X-Force: 21856
SecurityFocus: 14572 - BlueZ Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 16453
OSVDB: 18770 - BlueZ - Arbitrary Command Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8943 - BlueZ Command Execution via Shell Metacharacters in Bluetooth Device Name for security.c, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/08/2019 13:03
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (70), 06/08/2019 13:03 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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