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Ubuntu 5.10 : bluez-utils vulnerability (USN-413-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 28002
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
A flaw was discovered in the HID daemon of bluez-utils. A remote attacker could gain control of the mouse and keyboard if hidd was enabled. This does not affect a default Ubuntu installation, since hidd is normally disabled.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected bluez-cups, bluez-pcmcia-support and / or bluez-utils packages.Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 28002
File Name: ubuntu_USN-413-1.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/10/2007
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-cups, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-pcmcia-support, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-6899