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Specific BLE Device is Causing GATTacker (ws-slave) to Crash #17

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@GamingTechRides

Hello, I am very new to reverse engineering, BLE, node, javascript, linux, etc. I am attempting to MitM a specific BLE device (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Genie-Aladdin-Connect-Smartphone-Enabled-Garage-Door-Controller-to-open-and-monitor-your-door-from-anywhere-ALKT1-R/206268108).

I've already determined the device does not use authentication or encryption and sends its payload to the Master every 30 seconds using a Notify of the Battery Level characteristic. The value it puts in for the Battery Level handle is actually the application-layer data the Master needs.

Here's the problem: when I insert the battery so the device starts advertising- it actually crashes GATTacker. I am running the slave on a Kali VM within a regular Kali box that is acting as the master. GATTacker runs fine and see's the other BLE devices in the area and records their advertisements- but when I turn on the BLE device I want to clone- GATTacker crashes with "erros.RangeError('ERR_INDEC_OUT_OF_RANGE').

I am so new to this I do not even know where to begin troubleshooting. I've attached a screenshot so you can see how GATTacker was seeing other BLE devices, then crashed with the above-mentioned errors (it happens every time I turn on the BLE device). The left terminal in the screenshot is the VM acting as the slave, and the right terminal is the real box acting as the master (Im using 2 separate BLE dongles). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

screenshot from 2018-03-30 17-48-21

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