USN-3413-1: BlueZ vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.04
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• bluez - Bluetooth tools and daemons

Details

It was discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed
in the Service Discovery Protocol (SDP) implementation in BlueZ. A
physically proximate unauthenticated attacker could use this to
disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-1000250)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04

• bluez - 5.43-0ubuntu1.1
• libbluetooth3 - 5.43-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• bluez - 5.37-0ubuntu5.1
• libbluetooth3 - 5.37-0ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• bluez - 4.101-0ubuntu13.3
• libbluetooth3 - 4.101-0ubuntu13.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-1000250