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Debian DSA-2059-1 : pcsc-lite - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46862

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that PCSCD, a daemon to access smart cards, was vulnerable to a buffer overflow allowing a local attacker to elevate his privileges to root.

Solution

Upgrade the pcsc-lite package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.102-1+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2059

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46862

File Name: debian_DSA-2059.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pcsc-lite, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4901, CVE-2009-4902, CVE-2010-0407

DSA: 2059