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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-27153): BlueZ vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-27153): BlueZ vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/15/2020
Created
06/18/2021
Added
06/17/2021
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

In BlueZ before 5.55, a double free was found in the gatttool disconnect_cb() routine from shared/att.c. A remote attacker could potentially cause a denial of service or code execution, during service discovery, due to a redundant disconnect MGMT event.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-bluez
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libbluetooth3

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