vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2020-26558: bluez, linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 24, 2021
Added
Jun 23, 2021
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Bluetooth LE and BR/EDR secure pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification 2.1 through 5.2 may permit a nearby man-in-the-middle attacker to identify the Passkey used during pairing (in the Passkey authentication procedure) by reflection of the public key and the authentication evidence of the initiating device, potentially permitting this attacker to complete authenticated pairing with the responding device using the correct Passkey for the pairing session. The attack methodology determines the Passkey value one bit at a time.

Solutions

debian-upgrade-bluezdebian-upgrade-linux
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