CVE-2018-10910

Description

A bug in Bluez may allow for the Bluetooth Discoverable state being set to on when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system. This situation could lead to the unauthorized pairing of certain Bluetooth devices without any form of authentication. Versions before bluez 5.51 are vulnerable.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
• v3.0•LOW•Score: 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
• v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 18%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-863•Incorrect Authorization

  The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

Affected Systems

• bluez•bluez

  < 5.51

• canonical•ubuntu_linux

  18.04

• the bluez project•bluez

  < 5.51

References (2)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10910
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3856-1/