National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3972

Overview

pkcs15-tool in OpenSC before 0.11.6 does not apply security updates to a smart card unless the card's label matches the "OpenSC" string, which might allow physically proximate attackers to exploit vulnerabilities that the card owner expected were patched, as demonstrated by exploitation of CVE-2008-2235.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

Direct Patch Link - http://www.opensc-project.org/files/opensc/opensc-0.11.6.tar.gz}

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-2267

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00686.html

External Source: XF

Name: opensc-pkcs15tool-weak-security(45045)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45045

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080909 Re: opensc 0.11.6 with fixed security update

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/14

External Source: MLIST

Name: [opensc-announce] 20080827 opensc 0.11.6 with fixed security update

Hyperlink:http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2008-August/000021.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34362

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34362

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32099

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32099

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:019

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html