hcidump bluetooth L2CAP packet denial of service

hcidump-bluetooth-dos (24533) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

hcidump is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause hcidump to crash by sending a specially-crafted Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP) packet.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 3.5
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 2.6
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-990-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-256-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

  • BlueZ Project Web site: BlueZ - Official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack.
  • Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Feb 06 2006 - 10:56:23 CST: [ Secuobs - Advisory ] Bluetooth : DoS on Sony/Ericsson cell phones.
  • CVE-2006-0670: Buffer overflow in l2cap.c in hcidump 1.29 allows remote attackers to caues a denial of service (crash) through a wireless Bluetooth connection via a malformed Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP) packet.
  • DSA-990: bluez-hcidump -- programming error
  • MDKSA-2006:041: Updated bluez-hcidump packages fix buffer overflow vulnerability
  • SA18741: hcidump Bluetooth L2CAP Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • USN-256-1: bluez-hcidump vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-0479: hcidump Bluetooth L2CAP Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

  • BlueZ Project hcidump 1.29
  • Canonical Ubuntu 4.10
  • Canonical Ubuntu 5.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
  • Debian Debian Linux 3.1
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0

Reported:

Feb 06, 2006

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