CVE-2023-45866 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-45866: Bluetooth HID Hosts in BlueZ may permit an unauthenticated Peripheral role HID Device to initiate and establish an encrypted connection, and accept HID keyboard reports, potentially permitting injection of HID messages when no user interaction has occurred in the Central role to authorize such acces

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

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-45866 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

bluez→ fixed in5.55-3.1+deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y bluez
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

bluez→ fixed in5.66-1+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y bluez
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

bluez→ fixed in5.70-1.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y bluez
```

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