RHEL 9 : opensc (RHSA-2023:7879)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187087

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for opensc.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7879 advisory.

The OpenSC set of libraries and utilities provides support for working with smart cards. OpenSC focuses on cards that support cryptographic operations and enables their use for authentication, mail encryption, or digital signatures.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenSC: Potential PIN bypass when card tracks its own login state (CVE-2023-40660)

* OpenSC: multiple memory issues with pkcs15-init (enrollment tool) (CVE-2023-40661)

* OpenSC: out-of-bounds read in MyEID driver handling encryption using symmetric keys (CVE-2023-4535)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL opensc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7879.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6bd529af

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240912

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240913

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240914

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7879

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 187087

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7879.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/19/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40660

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opensc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40660, CVE-2023-40661, CVE-2023-4535

CWE: 119, 125, 287

RHSA: 2023:7879