# CVE-2017-1000251: The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vuln

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 5 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2017-09-12 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space.

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2732
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42762/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2705
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2683
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2704
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2682
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/blueborne
- https://www.armis.com/blueborne
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039373
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2731
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2706
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_52_BlueBorne
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f2fcfcd670257236ebf2088bbdf26f6a8ef459fe
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100809
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240311
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2679
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2680
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2707
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42762
- https://github.com/hayzamjs/Blueborne-CVE-2017-1000251
- https://github.com/istanescu/CVE-2017-1000251_Exploit
- https://github.com/own2pwn/blueborne-CVE-2017-1000251-POC
- https://github.com/sgxgsx/blueborne-CVE-2017-1000251
- https://github.com/tlatkdgus1/blueborne-CVE-2017-1000251

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