{"id":"USN-4605-2","summary":"blueman vulnerability","details":"Vaisha Bernard discovered that blueman did not properly sanitize input on \nthe d-bus interface to blueman-mechanism. A local attacker could possibly \nuse this issue to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code or cause a \ndenial of service. (CVE-2020-15238)\n\nWhile a previous security update fixed the issue, this update provides\nadditional improvements by enabling PolicyKit authentication for\nprivileged commands.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:58Z","published":"2020-11-03T02:50:57Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15238"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4605-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1897287"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"blueman","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/blueman@2.1.2-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.2-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["2.0.8-1ubuntu1","2.1.1-1","2.1.2-1","2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.1.2-1ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"blueman"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4605-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}