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 (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	847837

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
bluez (PTS)	wheezy	4.99-2	vulnerable
	wheezy (security)	4.99-2+deb7u1	vulnerable
	jessie (security), jessie	5.23-2+deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch (security), stretch	5.43-2+deb9u1	vulnerable
	buster	5.49-1	vulnerable
	sid	5.49-4	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)	medium		847837

Notes

[stretch] - bluez <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - bluez <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - bluez <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html