CVE-2018-5383

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5383
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-07 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionBluetooth firmware or operating system software drivers in macOS versions before 10.13, High Sierra and iOS versions before 11.4, and Android versions before the 2018-06-05 patch may not sufficiently validate elliptic curve parameters used to generate public keys during a Diffie-Hellman key exchange, which may allow a remote attacker to obtain the encryption key used by the device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-347

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 7.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 7.1.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 7.1.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 8.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 8.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 7.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 7.1.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 7.1.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 8.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 8.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple Bluetooth Drivers CVE-2018-5383 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Breaking the Bluetooth Pairing – Fixed Coordinate Invalid Curve Attack MISC www.cs.technion.ac.il Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
USN-4095-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4095-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4118-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4094-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1747-1] firmware-nonfree security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Google Android Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Let Applications Gain Elevated Privileges and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CERT Vulnerability Notes Database CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
USN-4351-1: Linux firmware vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Bluetooth SIG Security Update | Bluetooth Technology Website CONFIRM www.bluetooth.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Lior Neumann and Eli Biham of the Techion Israel Institute of Technology

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377048 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for linux-firmware (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0101)
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