CVE-2020-15509
Nordic Semiconductor Android BLE Library through 2.2.1 and DFU Library through 1.10.4 for Android (as used by nRF Connect and other applications) can engage in unencrypted communication while showing the user that the communication is purportedly…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Nordic Semiconductor Android BLE Library through 2.2.1 and DFU Library through 1.10.4 for Android (as used by nRF Connect and other applications) can engage in unencrypted communication while showing the user that the communication is purportedly encrypted. The problem is in bond creation (e.g., internalCreateBond in BleManagerHandler).
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Affected
- nordicsemi/android ble library · nordicsemi/dfu library
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/Android-BLE-Library/commits/masterPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/Android-DFU-Library/commits/releasePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://secretdiary.ninja/index.php/2020/07/03/norec-attack-stripping-ble-encryption-from-nordicsemis-android-library-cve-2020-15509/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/Android-BLE-Library/commits/masterPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/Android-DFU-Library/commits/releasePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://secretdiary.ninja/index.php/2020/07/03/norec-attack-stripping-ble-encryption-from-nordicsemis-android-library-cve-2020-15509/Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.