Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Blueman vulnerability (USN-4605-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141932

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4605-1 advisory.

Vaisha Bernard discovered that blueman did not properly sanitize input on

the d-bus interface to blueman-mechanism. A local attacker could possibly

use this issue to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code or cause a

denial of service. (CVE-2020-15238)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected blueman package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4605-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141932

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4605-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:blueman

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15238

USN: 4605-1