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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : BlueZ vulnerabilities (USN-6809-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200132

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6809-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that BlueZ could be made to dereference invalid memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3563)

 It was discovered that BlueZ could be made to write out of bounds. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious device, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-27349)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6809-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200132

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6809-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2024

Updated: 7/9/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27349

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-hcidump, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluetooth, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-meshd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-cups, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbluetooth3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-obexd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbluetooth-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3563, CVE-2023-27349

USN: 6809-1