CVE-2021-3658

NameCVE-2021-3658
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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3879-1
Debian Bugs991596

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bluez (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)5.43-2+deb9u2~deb8u6fixed
stretch (security)5.43-2+deb9u5fixed
stretch (lts), stretch5.43-2+deb9u8fixed
buster, buster (lts)5.50-1.2~deb10u6fixed
buster (security)5.50-1.2~deb10u5fixed
bullseye5.55-3.1+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.55-3.1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm5.66-1+deb12u2fixed
bookworm (security)5.66-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie5.79-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bluezsourcejessie(not affected)
bluezsourcestretch(not affected)
bluezsourcebuster(not affected)
bluezsourcebullseye5.55-3.1+deb11u2DLA-3879-1
bluezsource(unstable)5.61-1991596

Notes

[buster] - bluez <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - bluez <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
Introduced by https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=d04eb02f9bad8795297210ef80e262be16ea8f07 (5.51)
Fixed by https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=b497b5942a8beb8f89ca1c359c54ad67ec843055
[jessie] - bluez <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)

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