github - ghsa-839c-8x38-qf59

ghsa-839c-8x38-qf59

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-03-04 00:00

Modified

2025-11-04 18:30

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

bluetoothd from bluez incorrectly saves adapters' Discoverable status when a device is powered down, and restores it when powered up. If a device is powered down while discoverable, it will be discoverable when powered on again. This could lead to inadvertent exposure of the bluetooth stack to physically nearby attackers.

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  "aliases": [
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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-839c-8x38-qf59",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T18:30:38Z",
  "published": "2022-03-04T00:00:22Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/b497b5942a8beb8f89ca1c359c54ad67ec843055"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1984728"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=b497b5942a8beb8f89ca1c359c54ad67ec843055"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-bluetooth/-/issues/89"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00022.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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}

CVE-2021-3658 (GCVE-0-2021-3658)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-03-02 22:11

Modified

2025-11-04 16:09

Severity ?

CWE

CWE-863

Summary

bluetoothd from bluez incorrectly saves adapters' Discoverable status when a device is powered down, and restores it when powered up. If a device is powered down while discoverable, it will be discoverable when powered on again. This could lead to inadvertent exposure of the bluetooth stack to physically nearby attackers.

References

URL

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	https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-bluetooth/-/issues/89	x_refsource_MISC
	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=b497b5942a8beb8f89ca1c359c54ad67ec843055	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/b497b5942a8beb8f89ca1c359c54ad67ec843055	x_refsource_MISC
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1984728	x_refsource_MISC
	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0002/	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	bluez	Version: Fixedin - 5.61 and above.

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