Bug 1614159 (CVE-2018-5383)

Summary: CVE-2018-5383 kernel: Bluetooth implementations may not sufficiently validate elliptic curve parameters during Diffie-Hellman key exchange
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Sam Fowler <sfowler>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: abhgupta, aquini, bhu, bmcclain, crrobins, dbaker, dbayly, dblechte, dfediuck, dwmw2, eedri, hkrzesin, hwkernel-mgr, iboverma, jforbes, jokerman, jross, jstancek, jwboyer, kernel-maint, labbott, matt, mcressma, mgoldboi, michal.skrivanek, sbonazzo, sherold, skozina, sthangav, trankin, williams, wmealing
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A vulnerability in Bluetooth pairing potentially allows an attacker with physical proximity (within 30 meters) to gain unauthorized access via an adjacent network, intercept traffic and send forged pairing messages between two vulnerable Bluetooth devices. This may result in information disclosure, elevation of privilege and/or denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 1615683, 1615684, 1615685, 1615686, 1615687, 1615688, 1615689, 1615706, 1615707, 1649148, 1649149, 1911201    
Bug Blocks: 1607700    

Description Sam Fowler 2018-08-09 05:58:51 UTC
A vulnerability in Bluetooth pairing potentially allows an attacker with physical proximity (within 30 meters) to gain unauthorized access via an adjacent network, intercept traffic and send forged pairing messages between two vulnerable Bluetooth devices. This may result in information disclosure, elevation of privilege and/or denial of service.


External References:

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/304725
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00128.html
https://www.bluetooth.com/news/unknown/2018/07/bluetooth-sig-security-update

Comment 2 Wade Mealing 2018-08-14 03:26:23 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1615683]

Comment 5 Wade Mealing 2018-08-14 05:32:33 UTC
Created linux-firmware tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1615706]

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:23:36 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:2169 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2169

Comment 18 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-08-06 13:19:00 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5383