Bug 152177 - CAN-2005-0750 bluetooth security flaw
Summary: CAN-2005-0750 bluetooth security flaw
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Dave Jones
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard: impact=important,reported=20050324,pu...
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-03-25 17:46 UTC by Mark J. Cox
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:18 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2005-04-19 18:52:26 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
proposed patch for 2.6 from Marcel Holtmann (719 bytes, patch)
2005-03-25 17:49 UTC, Mark J. Cox 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:366 0 high SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2005-04-19 04:00:00 UTC

Description Mark J. Cox 2005-03-25 17:46:26 UTC 
A flaw was discovered by Ilja van Sprundel in the bluetooth driver affecting 2.4
and 2.6.  On system where bluetooth modules are loaded, a local user could use
this flaw to gain root privileges.
Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2005-03-25 17:49:15 UTC 
Created attachment 112350 [details]
proposed patch for 2.6 from Marcel Holtmann
Comment 5 Josh Bressers 2005-04-19 18:52:27 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
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