CVE-2020-0556

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: March 12, 2020 at 08:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:46 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Improper access control in subsystem for BlueZ before version 5.54 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and denial of service via adjacent access

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.545.54
Affected range stops below 5.54, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (7)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00055.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-49
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4311-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4647

CVSS

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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