Debian DSA-3972-1 : bluez - security update (BlueBorne)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103198

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability was discovered in the Service Discovery Protocol (SDP) in bluetoothd, allowing a proximate attacker to obtain sensitive information from bluetoothd process memory, including Bluetooth encryption keys.

Solution

Upgrade the bluez packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.23-2+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.43-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103198

File Name: debian_DSA-3972.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/14/2017

Updated: 11/21/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bluez, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000250

DSA: 3972

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