Bug 1403879 (CVE-2016-9917) - CVE-2016-9917 bluez: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in read_n()
Summary: CVE-2016-9917 bluez: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in read_n()
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-9917
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1403883 1403885 1403886 1403887
Blocks: Embargoed1403882
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Reported: 2016-12-12 14:33 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:02 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-03-31 07:01:16 UTC

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Description Adam Mariš 2016-12-12 14:33:56 UTC 
A heap-based buffer overflow was observed in "read_n" function in "tools/hcidump.c" source file. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted dump file and will result in hcidump crash.

PoC can be found in following report:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-12-12 14:43:58 UTC 
Created kf5-bluez-qt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1403885]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1403887]
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2016-12-12 14:44:07 UTC 
Created bluez tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1403883]
Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2016-12-12 14:44:14 UTC 
Created bluez-hcidump tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1403886]
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