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CVE-2021-0129 json

Improper access control in BlueZ may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via adjacent access.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-2748

cvss
5.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper access control in BlueZ may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via adjacent access.

Patch / fix

  • bluez bluez 5.57
  • bluez Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.55-3.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.10.40-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-0129

  • bluez Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.48-0ubuntu3.5
  • bluez Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.53-0ubuntu3.2
  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-151.157
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-80.90
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1109.116
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1054.57
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1049.53
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1049.52

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-0129

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-348.el8
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-348.el8
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-348.el8
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-348.el8
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-348.el8
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-348.el8
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-348.el8
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-348.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:4356RHSA-2021:4140

  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, Enterprise Storage 7.1 5.3.18-150300.59.170.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.170.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.170.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +5 more 5.3.18-150300.59.170.1
  • kernel-preempt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.170.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.170.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +3 more 5.3.18-150300.59.170.1.150300.18.100.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 4.12.14-122.225.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2948-1SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1SUSE-SU-2024:2923-1SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1SUSE-SU-2022:3691-1SUSE-SU-2022:3687-1

  • bluez openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.65-4.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 15.3 4.12.14-197.99.1
  • kernel-vanilla openSUSE Leap 15.3 4.12.14-197.99.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.3 4.12.14-197.99.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump openSUSE Leap 15.3 4.12.14-197.99.1
  • bluez openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.55-3.3.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-38.8.1
  • kernel-syms-azure openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-38.8.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12446-1openSUSE-SU-2021:2427-1openSUSE-SU-2021:2291-1openSUSE-SU-2021:2202-1openSUSE-SU-2021:2184-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2021-0129 updated cvss 6.4

kernel: Improper access control in BlueZ may allow information disclosure vulnerability.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-348.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-348.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-348.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-348.el8, kernel 4.18.0-348.el8, bpftool 4.18.0-348.el8, kernel-core 4.18.0-348.el8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-348.el8, python3-perf 4.18.0-348.el8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:4356
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:4140
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.7 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a BlueZ

References

Sources

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