BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Original description
The description as published by the source.
BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of BlueZ. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must connect to a malicious Bluetooth device.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of the Phone Book Access profile. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20938.
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50230 bluez Fixed in: 5.55-3.1+deb11u2
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50230 bluez
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory zerodayinitiative.com
- web lists.debian.org