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GLSA-200908-01 : OpenSC: Multiple vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 40462
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200908-01 (OpenSC: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities were found in OpenSC:
b.badrignans discovered that OpenSC incorrectly initialises private data objects (CVE-2009-0368).
Miquel Comas Marti discovered that src/tools/pkcs11-tool.c in pkcs11-tool in OpenSC 0.11.7, when used with unspecified third-party PKCS#11 modules, generates RSA keys with incorrect public exponents (CVE-2009-1603).
Impact :
The first vulnerability allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended PIN requirements and read private data objects. The second vulnerability allows attackers to read the cleartext form of messages that were intended to be encrypted.
NOTE: Smart cards which were initialised using an affected version of OpenSC need to be modified or re-initialised. See the vendor's advisory for details.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All OpenSC users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/opensc-0.11.8'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 40462
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200908-01.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 8/3/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:opensc, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0368, CVE-2009-1603
CWE: 310
GLSA: 200908-01