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openSUSE Security Update : pcsc-lite (openSUSE-2017-106)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96579

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

pcsc-lite was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2016-10109: This use-after-free and double-free issue allowed local attacker to cause a Denial of Service and possible privilege escalation (bsc#1017902).

Solution

Update the affected pcsc-lite packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017902

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96579

File Name: openSUSE-2017-106.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/18/2017

Updated: 1/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10109

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcsclite1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcsclite1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcsclite1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcsclite1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcscspy0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcscspy0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcscspy0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcscspy0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcsc-lite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcsc-lite-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcsc-lite-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pcsc-lite-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10109