| Name | CVE-2016-9803 |
| Description | In BlueZ 5.42, an out-of-bounds read was observed in "le_meta_ev_dump" function in "tools/parser/hci.c" source file. This issue exists because 'subevent' (which is used to read correct element from 'ev_le_meta_str' array) is overflowed. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 847837 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| bluez (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.43-2+deb9u2~deb8u6 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 5.43-2+deb9u5 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.43-2+deb9u7 | vulnerable |
| buster | 5.50-1.2~deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 5.50-1.2~deb10u4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.55-3.1+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 5.66-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 5.71-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 5.73-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| bluez | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 847837 |
Notes
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68892.html
Crash in CLI tools, no security impact