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CVE-2021-3658

MEDIUM

6.5

Description

bluetoothd from bluez incorrectly saves adapters' Discoverable status when a device is powered down, and restores it when powered up. If a device is powered down while discoverable, it will be discoverable when powered on again. This could lead to inadvertent exposure of the bluetooth stack to physically nearby attackers.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorADJACENT_NETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/2/2022

Last Modified4/15/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

bluez:bluezfedoraproject:fedora

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-863CWE-863

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1984728(secalert@redhat.com)

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=b497b5942a8beb8f89ca1c359c54ad67ec843055(secalert@redhat.com)

https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/b497b5942a8beb8f89ca1c359c54ad67ec843055(secalert@redhat.com)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-bluetooth/-/issues/89(secalert@redhat.com)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0002/(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1984728(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=b497b5942a8beb8f89ca1c359c54ad67ec843055(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/b497b5942a8beb8f89ca1c359c54ad67ec843055(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-bluetooth/-/issues/89(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00022.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0002/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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