Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : pcsc-lite vulnerability (USN-969-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 48262

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that the PC/SC service did not correctly handle malformed messages. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libpcsclite-dev, libpcsclite1 and / or pcscd packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/969-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 48262

File Name: ubuntu_USN-969-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2010

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpcsclite-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpcsclite1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pcscd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4901, CVE-2009-4902, CVE-2010-0407

BID: 40758

USN: 969-1