Arch Linux alert ASA-201709-3 (bluez)

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Levente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org> 
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arch-security@archlinux.org 
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[arch-security] [ASA-201709-3] bluez: information disclosure 
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Wed, 13 Sep 2017 01:02:53 +0200
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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201709-3
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Severity: High
Date    : 2017-09-12
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-1000250
Package : bluez
Type    : information disclosure
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-396

Summary
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The package bluez before version 5.46-2 is vulnerable to information
disclosure.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 5.46-2.

# pacman -Syu "bluez>=5.46-2"

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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An information-disclosure flaw was found in the bluetoothd
implementation of the Service Discovery Protocol (SDP). A specially
crafted Bluetooth device could, without prior pairing or user
interaction, retrieve portions of the bluetoothd process memory,
including potentially sensitive information such as Bluetooth
encryption keys.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to use a specially crafted Bluetooth device
to obtain sensitive information such as Bluetooth encryption keys.

References
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https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/55603
https://www.armis.com/blueborne/
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/bluez.git/plain/0...
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-1000250