CVE-2005-0750

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-03-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The bluez_sock_create function in the Bluetooth stack for Linux kernel 2.4.6 through 2.4.30-rc1 and 2.6 through 2.6.11.5 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) socket or (2) socketpair call with a negative protocol value.

Affected products

Conectiva Linux: 10.0
Linux kernel: 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8, 2.4.9, 2.4.10, 2.4.11 (+30)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 4.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 4.0
RedHat Fedora Core: core_1.0, core_2.0, core_3.0
RedHat Linux: 7.3, 9.0
Suse Linux: 1.0, 9.3
Ubuntu Linux: 4.1

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-March/032913.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111204562102633&w=2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-283.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-284.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12911
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19844
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11719
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-March/032913.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111204562102633&w=2

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