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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58264
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0065
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2007:0065.

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.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0065.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
5.4

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-6899
BugTraq ID: 22076
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22076
Bugtraq: 20070104 23C3 - Bluetooth hacking revisted [Summary and Code] (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455889/100/0/threaded
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:014
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-mediawiki//images/f/fb/23c3_Bluetooh_revisited.pdf
http://mulliner.org/bluetooth/hidattack.php
http://osvdb.org/32830
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10208
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0065.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23747
http://secunia.com/advisories/23798
http://secunia.com/advisories/23879
http://secunia.com/advisories/25264
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-413-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0200
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