| Name | CVE-2016-9803 |
| Description | In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was observed in "le_meta_ev_dump" function in "tools/parser/hci.c" source file. This issue exists because 'subevent' (which is used to read correct element from 'ev_le_meta_str' array) is overflowed. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 847837 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| bluez (PTS) | bullseye | 5.55-3.1+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.55-3.1+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 5.66-1+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 5.66-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 5.79-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| bluez | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 847837 |
Notes
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html
Crash in CLI tools, no security impact