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Bug 1403879 - (CVE-2016-9917) CVE-2016-9917 bluez: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in read_n()
CVE-2016-9917 bluez: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in read_n()
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20161114,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1403883 1403885 1403886 1403887
Blocks: 1403882
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Reported: 2016-12-12 09:33 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2017-03-31 03:55 EDT (History)
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-12-12 09:33:56 EST
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 09:43:58 EST
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 09:44:07 EST
Created bluez tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1403883]
Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2016-12-12 09:44:14 EST
Created bluez-hcidump tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1403886]

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