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CVE-2019-3459

Public on 2019-04-11
Modified on 2019-05-06
Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP), part of the Bluetooth stack. An attacker, within the range of standard Bluetooth transmissions, can create and send a specially crafted packet. The response to this specially crafted packet can contain part of the kernel stack which can be used in a further attack.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2019-05-02 17:22 ALAS-2019-1201
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2019-05-02 18:45 ALAS2-2019-1201

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N