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Red Hat: CVE-2020-24490: CVE-2020-24490 kernel: net: bluetooth: heap buffer overflow when processing extended advertising report events (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-24490: CVE-2020-24490 kernel: net: bluetooth: heap buffer overflow when processing extended advertising report events (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/04/2020
Created
11/06/2020
Added
11/05/2020
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

Improper buffer restrictions in BlueZ may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. This affects all Linux kernel versions that support BlueZ.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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