CVE-2005-2547

N/A Unknown

Published: August 12, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/16453

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/16476

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34