========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7265-1 February 12, 2025
bluez vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: BlueZ could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it received specially crafted Bluetooth requests. Software Description: - bluez: Bluetooth tools and daemons Details: Julian Rauchberger discovered that BlueZ did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-8921, CVE-2019-8922) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS bluez 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libbluetooth3 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7265-1 CVE-2019-8921, CVE-2019-8922
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