The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2019-3977:02 advisory.

    * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from Muscle Cards in card-muscle.c:muscle_list_files()     (CVE-2018-16391)
      * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from TCOS Cards in card-tcos.c:tcos_select_file()     (CVE-2018-16392)
      * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from Gemsafe V1 Smartcards in     pkcs15-gemsafeV1.c:gemsafe_get_cert_len() (CVE-2018-16393)
      * opensc: Buffer overflow handling string concatention in tools/util.c:util_acl_to_str()     (CVE-2018-16418)
      * opensc: Buffer overflow handling responses from Cryptoflex cards in cryptoflex-     tool.c:read_public_key() (CVE-2018-16419)
      * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-     epass2003.c:decrypt_response() (CVE-2018-16420)
      * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from CAC Cards in card-cac.c:cac_get_serial_nr_from_CUID()     (CVE-2018-16421)
      * opensc: Buffer overflow handling responses from esteid cards in     pkcs15-esteid.c:sc_pkcs15emu_esteid_init() (CVE-2018-16422)
      * opensc: Double free handling responses from smartcards in libopensc/sc.c:sc_file_set_sec_attr()     (CVE-2018-16423)
      * opensc: Out of bounds reads handling responses from smartcards (CVE-2018-16427)
      * opensc: Infinite recusrion handling responses from IAS-ECC cards in card-iasecc.c:iasecc_select_file()     (CVE-2018-16426)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

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

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has opensc packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a     Muscle Card in muscle_list_files in libopensc/card-     muscle.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by     attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a     denial of service (application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact. (CVE-2018-16391)

  - Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a     TCOS Card in tcos_select_file in libopensc/card-tcos.c     in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers     able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of     service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact. (CVE-2018-16392)

  - Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a     Gemsafe V1 Smartcard in gemsafe_get_cert_len in     libopensc/pkcs15-gemsafeV1.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1     could be used by attackers able to supply crafted     smartcards to cause a denial of service (application     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
    (CVE-2018-16393)

  - A buffer overflow when handling string concatenation in     util_acl_to_str in tools/util.c in OpenSC before     0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply     crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service     (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact. (CVE-2018-16418)

  - Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a     Cryptoflex card in read_public_key in tools/cryptoflex-     tool.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by     attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a     denial of service (application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact. (CVE-2018-16419)

  - A single byte buffer overflow when handling responses     from an esteid Card in sc_pkcs15emu_esteid_init in     libopensc/pkcs15-esteid.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1     could be used by attackers able to supply crafted     smartcards to cause a denial of service (application     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
    (CVE-2018-16422)

  - A double free when handling responses from a smartcard     in sc_file_set_sec_attr in libopensc/sc.c in OpenSC     before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to     supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service     (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact. (CVE-2018-16423)

  - Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an     ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-     epass2003.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by     attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a     denial of service (application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact. (CVE-2018-16420)

  - Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a     CAC Card in cac_get_serial_nr_from_CUID in     libopensc/card-cac.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could     be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards     to cause a denial of service (application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2018-16421)

  - Endless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-     ECC card in iasecc_select_file in libopensc/card-     iasecc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by     attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to hang or     crash the opensc library using programs.
    (CVE-2018-16426)

  - Various out of bounds reads when handling responses in     OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able     to supply crafted smartcards to potentially crash the     opensc library using programs. (CVE-2018-16427)

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

Security fix for CVE-2018-16418, CVE-2018-16419, CVE-2018-16420, CVE-2018-16421, CVE-2018-16423, CVE-2018-16424, CVE-2018-16425, CVE-2018-16426, CVE-2018-16427 + support for RSA-PSS signatures.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for opensc fixes the following security issues :

  - CVE-2018-16391: Fixed a denial of service when handling     responses from a Muscle Card (bsc#1106998)

  - CVE-2018-16392: Fixed a denial of service when handling     responses from a TCOS Card (bsc#1106999)

  - CVE-2018-16393: Fixed buffer overflows when handling     responses from Gemsafe V1 Smartcards (bsc#1108318)

  - CVE-2018-16418: Fixed buffer overflow when handling     string concatenation in util_acl_to_str (bsc#1107039)

  - CVE-2018-16419: Fixed several buffer overflows when     handling responses from a Cryptoflex card (bsc#1107107)

  - CVE-2018-16420: Fixed buffer overflows when handling     responses from an ePass 2003 Card (bsc#1107097)

  - CVE-2018-16421: Fixed buffer overflows when handling     responses from a CAC Card (bsc#1107049)

  - CVE-2018-16422: Fixed single byte buffer overflow when     handling responses from an esteid Card (bsc#1107038)

  - CVE-2018-16423: Fixed double free when handling     responses from a smartcard (bsc#1107037)

  - CVE-2018-16424: Fixed double free when handling     responses in read_file (bsc#1107036)

  - CVE-2018-16425: Fixed double free when handling     responses from an HSM Card (bsc#1107035)

  - CVE-2018-16426: Fixed endless recursion when handling     responses from an IAS-ECC card (bsc#1107034)

  - CVE-2018-16427: Fixed out of bounds reads when handling     responses in OpenSC (bsc#1107033)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a TCOS Card in tcos_select_file in libopensc/card-     tcos.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a     denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2018-16392)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2154 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.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: opensc (0.19.0). (BZ#1656791)

    Security Fix(es):

    * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from Muscle Cards in card-muscle.c:muscle_list_files()     (CVE-2018-16391)

    * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from TCOS Cards in card-tcos.c:tcos_select_file()     (CVE-2018-16392)

    * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from Gemsafe V1 Smartcards in     pkcs15-gemsafeV1.c:gemsafe_get_cert_len() (CVE-2018-16393)

    * opensc: Buffer overflow handling string concatention in tools/util.c:util_acl_to_str() (CVE-2018-16418)

    * opensc: Buffer overflow handling responses from Cryptoflex cards in cryptoflex-tool.c:read_public_key()     (CVE-2018-16419)

    * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response()     (CVE-2018-16420)

    * opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from CAC Cards in card-cac.c:cac_get_serial_nr_from_CUID()     (CVE-2018-16421)

    * opensc: Buffer overflow handling responses from esteid cards in     pkcs15-esteid.c:sc_pkcs15emu_esteid_init() (CVE-2018-16422)

    * opensc: Double free handling responses from smartcards in libopensc/sc.c:sc_file_set_sec_attr()     (CVE-2018-16423)

    * opensc: Out of bounds reads handling responses from smartcards (CVE-2018-16427)

    * opensc: Infinite recusrion handling responses from IAS-ECC cards in card-iasecc.c:iasecc_select_file()     (CVE-2018-16426)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes     linked from 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.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
opensc (0.19.0).

Security Fix(es) :

  - opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from Muscle     Cards in card- muscle.c:muscle_list_files()     (CVE-2018-16391)

  - opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from TCOS     Cards in card- tcos.c:tcos_select_file()     (CVE-2018-16392)

  - opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from Gemsafe     V1 Smartcards in     pkcs15-gemsafeV1.c:gemsafe_get_cert_len()     (CVE-2018-16393)

  - opensc: Buffer overflow handling string concatention in     tools/util.c:util_acl_to_str() (CVE-2018-16418)

  - opensc: Buffer overflow handling responses from     Cryptoflex cards in cryptoflex-tool.c:read_public_key()     (CVE-2018-16419)

  - opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass     2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response()     (CVE-2018-16420)

  - opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from CAC     Cards in card- cac.c:cac_get_serial_nr_from_CUID()     (CVE-2018-16421)

  - opensc: Buffer overflow handling responses from esteid     cards in pkcs15-esteid.c:sc_pkcs15emu_esteid_init()     (CVE-2018-16422)

  - opensc: Double free handling responses from smartcards     in libopensc/sc.c:sc_file_set_sec_attr()     (CVE-2018-16423)

  - opensc: Out of bounds reads handling responses from     smartcards (CVE-2018-16427)

  - opensc: Infinite recusrion handling responses from     IAS-ECC cards in card-iasecc.c:iasecc_select_file()     (CVE-2018-16426)

Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a Muscle Card in muscle_list_files in libopensc/card-muscle.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-16391)

Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a TCOS Card in tcos_select_file in libopensc/card-tcos.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-16392)

Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a Gemsafe V1 Smartcard in gemsafe_get_cert_len in libopensc/pkcs15-gemsafeV1.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.CVE-2018-16393)

A buffer overflow when handling string concatenation in util_acl_to_str in tools/util.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-16418)

Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a Cryptoflex card in read_public_key in tools/cryptoflex-tool.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-16419)

Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-16420)

Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a CAC Card in cac_get_serial_nr_from_CUID in libopensc/card-cac.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-16421)

A single byte buffer overflow when handling responses from an esteid Card in sc_pkcs15emu_esteid_init in libopensc/pkcs15-esteid.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-16422)

A double free when handling responses from a smartcard in sc_file_set_sec_attr in libopensc/sc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-16423)

Endless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-ECC card in iasecc_select_file in libopensc/card-iasecc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to hang or crash the opensc library using programs.(CVE-2018-16426)

Various out of bounds reads when handling responses in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to potentially crash the opensc library using programs.(CVE-2018-16427)

This update for opensc fixes the following issues :

CVE-2018-16391: Fixed a denial of service when handling responses from a Muscle Card (bsc#1106998)

CVE-2018-16392: Fixed a denial of service when handling responses from a TCOS Card (bsc#1106999)

CVE-2018-16393: Fixed buffer overflows when handling responses from Gemsafe V1 Smartcards (bsc#1108318)

CVE-2018-16418: Fixed buffer overflow when handling string concatenation in util_acl_to_str (bsc#1107039)

CVE-2018-16419: Fixed several buffer overflows when handling responses from a Cryptoflex card (bsc#1107107)

CVE-2018-16420: Fixed buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card (bsc#1107097)

CVE-2018-16422: Fixed single byte buffer overflow when handling responses from an esteid Card (bsc#1107038)

CVE-2018-16423: Fixed double free when handling responses from a smartcard (bsc#1107037)

CVE-2018-16426: Fixed endless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-ECC card (bsc#1107034)

CVE-2018-16427: Fixed out of bounds reads when handling responses in OpenSC (bsc#1107033)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
288949	MiracleLinux 7 : opensc-0.19.0-3.el7 (AXSA:2019-3977:02)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/16/2026	1/16/2026	medium
132445	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : opensc Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0249)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	12/31/2019	4/2/2024	medium
120937	Fedora 29 : opensc (2018-fe4b72fa7d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/3/2019	6/28/2024	medium
123370	openSUSE Security Update : opensc (openSUSE-2019-904)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/27/2019	6/10/2024	medium
258559	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-16392	Nessus	Misc.	8/30/2025	6/8/2026	medium
127685	RHEL 7 : opensc (RHSA-2019:2154)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	11/6/2024	medium
128245	Scientific Linux Security Update : opensc on SL7.x x86_64 (20190806)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	8/27/2019	5/1/2024	medium
129794	Amazon Linux 2 : opensc (ALAS-2019-1312)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	10/11/2019	4/18/2024	medium
118749	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : opensc (SUSE-SU-2018:3622-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/6/2018	7/25/2024	medium

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