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I had previously written about the impacts and implications of BrakTooth in a previous diary [1]. As a brief recap, BrakTooth is a family of Bluetooth Classic vulnerabilities that were mainly caused by non-compliance to Bluetooth Core Specifications and their respective communication protocol layers. It has been about 2 months since BrakTooth was announced, so let us take a look at how things have progressed so far. Affected vendors highlighted in the previous diary [1] have made some progress. With reference to Table 1 below, the summary of vulnerabilities, anomalies, devices and patch status are outlined (text in red are the changes since the previous diary entry).
The various patch statuses are explained as follows: Available: The vendor has replicated the vulnerability and a patch is available. A new category – To be announced – was introduced as part of the classification of patch status. With reference to Table 1, Intel and Qualcomm had produced a patch for internal testing and validation, but had not released it to users. For AC6366C manufactured by Zhuhai Jieli Technology, a fix was made available. Meanwhile, a patch for JX25X from Harman International is being worked on. Finally, WT32i from Silabs is investigating the issue. In addition, three vendors (Samsung, Mediatek and Airoha) have independently tested their products and assessed that some of their products are affected by BrakTooth. However, the exact Bluetooth System-on-Chips (SoC) or firmware versions affected were not provided to the researchers. Why is an update and retrospection of BrakTooth necessary? Previously, the Automated Systems SEcuriTy (ASSET) Research Group from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) had embargoed their Proof-of-Concept (PoC) code till October 31st, 2021. The PoC code has now been made available publicly, and thus could affect unpatched Bluetooth Classic devices. For end users and organizations, it is strongly recommended to update affected devices if a patch is available. For devices that have patches to be announced or in progress, it is highly recommended that users keep a close watch on the availability of the patches and apply them once they are available. Users should also be cognizant of the possibility that other Bluetooth Classic products (other than the ones outlined in Table 1) could be affected by BrakTooth as the Bluetooth Classic stack is likely to be shared amongst many products. Prior recommendations suggested in my previous diary to identify, address and mitigate the risks of BrakTooth are still applicable [1]. References: ----------- |
Yee Ching 21 Posts ISC Handler Nov 2nd 2021 |
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