Executive Summary

Summary
Title bluez-utils security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2007:0065 First vendor Publication 2007-05-14
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2007-05-14
Severity (Vendor) Moderate Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5.4 Attack Range Adjacent network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 5.5 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated bluez-utils packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Problem description:

The bluez-utils package contains Bluetooth daemons and utilities.

A flaw was found in the Bluetooth HID daemon (hidd). A remote attacker would have been able to inject keyboard and mouse events via a Bluetooth connection without any authorization. (CVE-2006-6899)

Note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux does not come with the Bluetooth HID daemon enabled by default.

Users of bluez-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

227014 - CVE-2006-6899 Bluetooth HID key events injection flaw

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0065.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-16 Configuration

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10208
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10208
Title: hidd in BlueZ (bluez-utils) before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain control of the (1) Mouse and (2) Keyboard Human Interface Device (HID) via a certain configuration of two HID (PSM) endpoints, operating as a server, aka HidAttack.
Description: hidd in BlueZ (bluez-utils) before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain control of the (1) Mouse and (2) Keyboard Human Interface Device (HID) via a certain configuration of two HID (PSM) endpoints, operating as a server, aka HidAttack.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-6899
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for bluez-utils MDKSA-2007:014 (bluez-utils)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_014.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for bluez-utils vulnerability USN-413-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_413_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
32830 BlueZ (bluez-utils) Input Device Hijacking

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0065.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0065.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20070514_bluez_utils_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-413-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0065.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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