Bug 1401538 (CVE-2016-9801) - CVE-2016-9801 bluez: buffer overflow in set_ext_ctrl()
Summary: CVE-2016-9801 bluez: buffer overflow in set_ext_ctrl()
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-9801
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1401549
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-12-05 14:20 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:01 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:03:15 UTC
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-12-05 14:20:45 UTC 
A buffer overflow was found in the set_ext_ctrl() function in tools/parser/l2cap.c source file of bluez. This issue could be triggered when processing a corrupted dump file.

Original report:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html
Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2016-12-05 14:41:18 UTC 
Created bluez-hcidump tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1401549]
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