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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : opensc (MDVSA-2008:183)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 37949

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Chaskiel M Grundman found that OpenSC would initialize smart cards with the Siemens CardOS M4 card operating system without proper access rights. This allowed everyone to change the card's PIN without first having the PIN or PUK, or the superuser's PIN or PUK (CVE-2008-2235).

Please note that this issue can not be used to discover the PIN on a card. If the PIN on a card is the same that was always there, it is unlikely that this vulnerability has been exploited. As well, this issue only affects smart cards and USB crypto tokens based on Siemens CardOS M4, and then only those devices that were initialized by OpenSC. Users of other smart cards or USB crypto tokens, or cards that were not initialized by OpenSC, are not affected.

After applying the update, executing 'pkcs15-tool -T' will indicate whether the card is fine or vulnerable. If the card is vulnerable, the security settings need to be updated by executing 'pkcs15-tool -T -U'.

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.opensc-project.org/security.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 37949

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-183.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64opensc-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64opensc2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64opensc2-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopensc-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopensc2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopensc2-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-plugin-opensc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:opensc, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2235

CWE: 310

MDVSA: 2008:183