# CVE-2006-0670: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash hcidump via malformed Bluetooth L2CAP packets, requiring a patch to prevent denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Feb 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DSA-990-1, GHSA-fm8c-whcx-jx6x

## What is CVE-2006-0670?

CVE-2006-0670 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Buffer overflow in l2cap.c in hcidump 1.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) through a wireless Bluetooth connection via a malformed Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP) packet.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0670?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bluez Project Hcidump.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-0670?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2006-0670 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0670 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-0670 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-0670 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0670 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0670/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0670/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0670
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0670
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-0670

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0670/
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