Bug 152180

Summary:	CAN-2005-0750 bluetooth security flaw (ipf)
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Jim Paradis <jparadis>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	CC:	jbaron, peterm, riel, security-response-team
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Hardware:	ia64
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Description Mark J. Cox 2005-03-25 17:56:20 UTC

(Affects RHEL2.1, but 2.4 needs a slightly altered patch)

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #152177 +++

A flaw was discovered by Ilja van Sprundel in the bluetooth driver affecting 2.4
and 2.6.  On system where bluetooth modules are loaded, a local user could use
this flaw to gain root privileges.

Comment 1 Jim Paradis 2005-04-19 18:34:15 UTC

A fix for this problem has been committed to the RHEL2.1 patch pool in kernel
version 2.4.18-e.56

Comment 2 John Flanagan 2005-04-28 15:10:10 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-284.html