Vulnerability in bluez
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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39177 has been found in bluez.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade bluez to 5.48-0ubuntu3.9 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "bluez UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39177" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39177 (bluez)
Attack vector: adjacent-network / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 5.48-0ubuntu3.9 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in bluez.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of bluez.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 5.48-0ubuntu3.9.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'bluez' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'bluez' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
bluezを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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Apply patchpatch
Upgrade bluez to 5.48-0ubuntu3.9ステージング環境で 5.48-0ubuntu3.9 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3
Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | bluez |
All versions |
— |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | bluez |
< 5.48-0ubuntu3.9 |
5.48-0ubuntu3.9 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | bluez |
< 5.53-0ubuntu3.6 |
5.53-0ubuntu3.6 |
Original description The description as published by the source.
BlueZ before 5.59 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service because malformed and invalid capabilities can be processed in profiles/audio/avdtp.c.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- advisory ubuntu.com
- report ubuntu.com
- report cve.org