RHEL 8 : bluez (RHSA-2021:4432)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155106

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for bluez.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4432 advisory.

- bluez: Passkey Entry protocol of the Bluetooth Core is vulnerable to an impersonation attack (CVE-2020-26558)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL bluez package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:4432.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155106

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4432.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26558

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-hid2hci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-obexd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26558

CWE: 287

RHSA: 2021:4432

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