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usn-4989-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-06-16 12:18
Modified
2026-06-03 10:45
Summary
bluez vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly checked certain permissions when pairing. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate devices. (CVE-2020-26558)

Jay LV discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled redundant disconnect MGMT events. A local attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-27153)

Ziming Zhang discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled certain array indexes. A local attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-3588)

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  "details": "It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly checked certain permissions when\npairing. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate\ndevices. (CVE-2020-26558)\n\nJay LV discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled redundant disconnect MGMT\nevents. A local attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This\nissue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-27153)\n\nZiming Zhang discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled certain array\nindexes. A local attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-3588)\n",
  "id": "USN-4989-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-03T10:45:26Z",
  "published": "2021-06-16T12:18:32Z",
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}



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