High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-25661
CVE-2020-25661
Description
A Red Hat only CVE-2020-12351 regression issue was found in the way the Linux kernel's Bluetooth implementation handled L2CAP packets with A2MP CID. This flaw allows a remote attacker in an adjacent range to crash the system, causing a denial of service or potentially executing arbitrary code on the system by sending a specially crafted L2CAP packet. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
3- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12351nvdMitigationVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/BleedingToothnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
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