CVE-2016-9917

Name	CVE-2016-9917
Description	In BlueZ 5.42, a buffer overflow was observed in "read_n" function in "tools/hcidump.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium
Debian Bugs	847837

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
bluez (PTS)	jessie (security), jessie	5.23-2+deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch (security), stretch	5.43-2+deb9u1	vulnerable
	bullseye, sid, buster	5.50-1	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

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html
Crash in hcidump CLI tool, no security impact