What is CVE-2018-10910?

CVE-2018-10910 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bluez, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2019-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-10910?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Bluez

CVE-2018-10910

A bug in Bluez may allow for the Bluetooth Discoverable state being set to on when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system. This situation could lead to the unauthorized pairing of certain Bluetooth devices without any form of authentication. Versions before bluez 5.51 are vulnerable.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.005 (37.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Bluez
The Bluez Project — versions before 5.51
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 18.04

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10910?: CVE-2018-10910 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bluez, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2019-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-10910?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.