CVE-2006-6899

Description

hidd in BlueZ (bluez-utils) before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain control of the (1) Mouse and (2) Keyboard Human Interface Device (HID) via a certain configuration of two HID (PSM) endpoints, operating as a server, aka HidAttack.

Category

5.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.38% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-mediawiki//images/f/fb/23c3_Bluetooh_revisited.pdf
http://osvdb.org/32830 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0065.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455889/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0200 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23798 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22076 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10208 signature vdb entry
http://mulliner.org/bluetooth/hidattack.php
http://secunia.com/advisories/23879 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-413-1 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:014 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25264 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23747 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6899?
CVE-2006-6899 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6899?
To fix CVE-2006-6899, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-6899 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-6899 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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