Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
The bluez-libs package contains libraries for use in Bluetooth applications. The bluez-utils package contains Bluetooth daemons and utilities.
An input validation flaw was found in the Bluetooth Session Description Protocol (SDP) packet parser used by the Bluez Bluetooth utilities. A Bluetooth device with an already-established trust relationship, or a local user registering a service record via a UNIX® socket or D-Bus interface, could cause a crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the hcid daemon. (CVE-2008-2374)
Users of bluez-libs and bluez-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
Affected
bluez-libs and bluez-utils on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2374 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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