| Name | CVE-2016-7837 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in BlueZ 5.41 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the parse_line function used in some userland utilities. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: local) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| bluez (PTS) | wheezy | 4.99-2 | vulnerable |
| jessie | 5.23-2 | vulnerable | |
| stretch | 5.43-2 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 5.45-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bluez | source | (unstable) | 5.43-1 | medium |
[jessie] - bluez <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - bluez <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=8514068150759c1d6a46d4605d2351babfde1601 (5.42)