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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202011-11
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Blueman: Local privilege escalation
Date: November 11, 2020
Bugs: #751556
ID: 202011-11
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Synopsis
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A privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Blueman.
Background
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Blueman is a simple and intuitive GTK+ Bluetooth Manager.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-wireless/blueman < 2.1.4 >= 2.1.4
Description
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Where Polkit is not used and the default permissions have been changed
on a specific rule file, control of a local DHCP daemon may be
possible.
Impact
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A local attacker may be able to achieve root privilege escalation.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Blueman users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-wireless/blueman-2.1.4”
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15238
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15238
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-11
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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