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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703427
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3427-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'blueman' package(s) announced via the DSA-3427-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'blueman' package(s) announced via the DSA-3427-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that the Mechanism plugin of Blueman, a graphical Bluetooth manager, allows local privilege escalation.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.23-1+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.99~
alpha1-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your blueman packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'blueman' package(s) on Debian 7, Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8612
BugTraq ID: 79688
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79688
Debian Security Information: DSA-3427 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3427
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46186/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135047/Slackware-Security-Advisory-blueman-Updates.html
https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/677809527882813440
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/18/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/19/1
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.421085
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