CVE-2018-5383 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-5383: Bluetooth firmware or operating system software drivers in macOS versions before 10.13, High Sierra and iOS versions before 11.4, and Android versions before the 2018-06-05 patch may not sufficiently validate elliptic curve parameters used to generate public keys during a Diffie-Hellman key exchange

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-5383 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firmware-nonfree→ fixed in20190114-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firmware-nonfree
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firmware-nonfree→ fixed in20190114-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firmware-nonfree
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firmware-nonfree→ fixed in20190114-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firmware-nonfree
```

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