USN-4605-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4605-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4605-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4605-1
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Published
2020-10-27T12:36:27.872376Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:16Z
Summary
blueman vulnerability
Details

Vaisha Bernard discovered that blueman did not properly sanitize input on the d-bus interface to blueman-mechanism. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-15238)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / blueman

Package

Name
blueman
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/blueman@2.0.4-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.4-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0-1ubuntu1
2.0.3-1ubuntu1
2.0.4-1ubuntu1
2.0.4-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.4-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "blueman"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4605-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-15238"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / blueman

Package

Name
blueman
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/blueman@2.0.5-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.5-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.4-1ubuntu3
2.0.5-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.5-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "blueman"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4605-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-15238"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / blueman

Package

Name
blueman
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/blueman@2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.8-1ubuntu1
2.1.1-1
2.1.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "blueman"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4605-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-15238"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}