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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202401-03
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 Severity: High
    Title: BlueZ: Privilege Escalation
     Date: January 05, 2024
     Bugs: #919383
       ID: 202401-03
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bluez, the worst of
which can lead to privilege escalation.
Background
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BlueZ is the canonical bluetooth tools and system daemons package for
Linux.
Affected packages
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Package             Vulnerable    Unaffected
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net-wireless/bluez  < 5.70-r1     >= 5.70-r1
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BlueZ. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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An attacker may inject unauthenticated keystrokes via Bluetooth, leading
to privilege escalation or denial of service.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All BlueZ users should upgrade to the latest version:
  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/bluez-5.70-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2023-45866
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45866
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-03
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5