Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Apache NimBLE
Summary
Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. A specially crafted ATT Read Multiple Variable Response (BLE_ATT_OP_READ_MULT_VAR_RSP) may trigger assert in ATT parser. Severity is medium as this requires DUT to first send ATT Read Multiple Variable Request. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.9.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.10.0, which fixes the issue.
What this means
In plain English
Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. A specially crafted ATT Read Multiple Variable Response (BLE_ATT_OP_READ_MULT_VAR_RSP) may trigger assert in ATT parser. Severity is medium as this requires DUT to first send ATT Read Multiple Variable Request. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.9.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.10.0, which fixes the issue.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: 1.10.0. Vendor mitigation: Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.10.0, which fixes the issue.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
- through 1.9.0
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
- 1.10.0
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.10.0, which fixes the issue.
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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