{"id":"USN-4605-2","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"blueman vulnerability","description":"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.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2020-11-03T02:50:57Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:58Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","package":"blueman","fixed_in":["2.1.2-1ubuntu0.2"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","package":"blueman","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"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4605-2","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1897287","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"USN-4605-2","title":"blueman vulnerability","description":"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","status":"published","published":"2020-11-03T02:50:57Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:58Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:15.159055Z"}]}}