Bug 1401520 – CVE-2016-9797 bluez: buffer over-read in l2cap_dump()

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Bug 1401520 - (CVE-2016-9797) CVE-2016-9797 bluez: buffer over-read in l2cap_dump()

Summary:	CVE-2016-9797 bluez: buffer over-read in l2cap_dump()

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-9797

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1401549
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Reported:	2016-12-05 08:50 EST by Martin Prpič
Modified:	2016-12-05 09:40 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Martin Prpič 2016-12-05 08:50:25 EST

A buffer over-read was found in the l2cap_dump() function in tools/parser/l2cap.c source file of bluez. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

Original report:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2016-12-05 09:40:30 EST

Created bluez-hcidump tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1401549]

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