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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: bluez-utils security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0065-01
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0065.html
Issue date: 2007-05-14
Updated on: 2007-05-14
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE Names: CVE-2006-6899
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1. Summary:
Updated bluez-utils packages that fix a security flaw are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
3. Problem description:
The bluez-utils package contains Bluetooth daemons and utilities.
A flaw was found in the Bluetooth HID daemon (hidd). A remote attacker
would have been able to inject keyboard and mouse events via a Bluetooth
connection without any authorization. (CVE-2006-6899)
Note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux does not come with the Bluetooth HID
daemon enabled by default.
Users of bluez-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
227014 - CVE-2006-6899 Bluetooth HID key events injection flaw
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.src.rpm
f7a4d82ed172f4984e8e1abecf723eab bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.src.rpm
i386:
818e3b413b31f4fc68e6388dc3feca16 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
8ab01e39c64083f86da77b56f1b9ed9c bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
88944ec7e5a6fa381ec30d9251230827 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
ia64:
ba34fe7467efcb74df5896e42261cfb9 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.ia64.rpm
864af7581f08ad15f6cbd9961fb53880 bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.ia64.rpm
7bc5e16ae46f22aea7208725920de642 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.ia64.rpm
ppc:
d7a59edfaeb01d98ec4643958c8c5cdd bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.ppc.rpm
24b8e2e784629942997068f591dca695 bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.ppc.rpm
909bebe0993c4531da2d80b077d63661 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.ppc.rpm
x86_64:
230bdc2688fb568dd6402d7728c40cb4 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
2c83d5d0ff12b0d627f609e75586fac4 bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
95964f5ff634df86ff613d0fc0e8c9d1 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.src.rpm
f7a4d82ed172f4984e8e1abecf723eab bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.src.rpm
i386:
818e3b413b31f4fc68e6388dc3feca16 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
8ab01e39c64083f86da77b56f1b9ed9c bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
88944ec7e5a6fa381ec30d9251230827 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
x86_64:
230bdc2688fb568dd6402d7728c40cb4 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
2c83d5d0ff12b0d627f609e75586fac4 bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
95964f5ff634df86ff613d0fc0e8c9d1 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.src.rpm
f7a4d82ed172f4984e8e1abecf723eab bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.src.rpm
i386:
818e3b413b31f4fc68e6388dc3feca16 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
8ab01e39c64083f86da77b56f1b9ed9c bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
88944ec7e5a6fa381ec30d9251230827 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
ia64:
ba34fe7467efcb74df5896e42261cfb9 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.ia64.rpm
864af7581f08ad15f6cbd9961fb53880 bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.ia64.rpm
7bc5e16ae46f22aea7208725920de642 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
230bdc2688fb568dd6402d7728c40cb4 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
2c83d5d0ff12b0d627f609e75586fac4 bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
95964f5ff634df86ff613d0fc0e8c9d1 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.src.rpm
f7a4d82ed172f4984e8e1abecf723eab bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.src.rpm
i386:
818e3b413b31f4fc68e6388dc3feca16 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
8ab01e39c64083f86da77b56f1b9ed9c bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
88944ec7e5a6fa381ec30d9251230827 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.i386.rpm
ia64:
ba34fe7467efcb74df5896e42261cfb9 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.ia64.rpm
864af7581f08ad15f6cbd9961fb53880 bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.ia64.rpm
7bc5e16ae46f22aea7208725920de642 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
230bdc2688fb568dd6402d7728c40cb4 bluez-utils-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
2c83d5d0ff12b0d627f609e75586fac4 bluez-utils-cups-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
95964f5ff634df86ff613d0fc0e8c9d1 bluez-utils-debuginfo-2.10-2.2.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6899
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
