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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : BlueZ vulnerabilities (USN-8908-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 365372

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 / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8908-1 advisory.

 Michael Bommarito discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled codec capability storage in the A2DP profile.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a stack buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-19774)

 It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled packet length validation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read out of bounds memory, causing a crash or exposing sensitive information.
 (CVE-2026-75032)

 It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled crafted XML input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash BlueZ, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-80185)

 It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly parsed remote names from Extended Inquiry Response data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a stack buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-80186)

 Alexandro Calo discovered that BlueZ incorrectly parsed certain responses in the AVRCP profile. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access out of bounds memory, causing a crash or exposing sensitive information. (CVE-2026-85218)

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-8908-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 365372

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8908-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2026

Updated: 10/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.22

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-80186

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-cups, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-hcidump, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-meshd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-obexd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-test-scripts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-test-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bluez, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbluetooth3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-19774, CVE-2026-75032, CVE-2026-80185, CVE-2026-80186, CVE-2026-85218

USN: 8908-1