USN-4311-1

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    USN-4311-1

    Published: 30 Mar 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: bluez vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled bonding HID and HOGP devices. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate non-bonded devices. (CVE-2020-0556) It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled certain commands. 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 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7837)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4311-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7837, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-0556

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bluez

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.37-0ubuntu5.3

    Affected versions

    5.35-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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