| 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, 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) | buster | 5.50-1.2~deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 5.50-1.2~deb10u3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 5.55-3.1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 5.66-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 5.69-1 | 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 hcidump CLI tool, no security impact