CVE-2021-3658

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3658
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-02 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-03 16:22:00 UTC
Descriptionbluetoothd from bluez incorrectly saves adapters' Discoverable status when a device is powered down, and restores it when powered up. If a device is powered down while discoverable, it will be discoverable when powered on again. This could lead to inadvertent exposure of the bluetooth stack to physically nearby attackers.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bluez Bluez All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Device is still discoverable even when gnome bluetooth settings panel is not open (CVE-2021-3658) (#89) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-bluetooth · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
bluez.git - Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux MISC git.kernel.org
CVE-2021-3658 BlueZ Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
1984728 – (CVE-2021-3658) CVE-2021-3658 bluez: adapter incorrectly restores Discoverable state after powered down MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
adapter: Fix storing discoverable setting · bluez/bluez@b497b59 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198579 Ubuntu Security Notification for BlueZ Vulnerabilities (USN-5155-1)
  • 281756 Fedora Security Update for bluez (FEDORA-2021-ae7251c31b)
  • 281791 Fedora Security Update for bluez (FEDORA-2021-dd8990b3b4)
  • 671291 EulerOS Security Update for bluez (EulerOS-SA-2022-1200)
  • 671317 EulerOS Security Update for bluez (EulerOS-SA-2022-1219)
  • 752696 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for bluez (SUSE-SU-2022:3691-1)
  • 752697 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for bluez (SUSE-SU-2022:3687-1)
  • 752799 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for bluez (SUSE-SU-2022:3981-1)
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