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CentOS 5 : pcsc-lite (CESA-2010:0533)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47740

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated pcsc-lite packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

PC/SC Lite provides a Windows SCard compatible interface for communicating with smart cards, smart card readers, and other security tokens.

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were discovered in the way the pcscd daemon, a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards connected to the system, handled client requests. A local user could create a specially crafted request that would cause the pcscd daemon to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-0407, CVE-2009-4901)

Users of pcsc-lite should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. After installing this update, the pcscd daemon will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected pcsc-lite packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f26fea84

http://www.nessus.org/u?406ad116

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47740

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0533.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcsc-lite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcsc-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcsc-lite-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcsc-lite-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2010

Reference Information

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

BID: 40758

RHSA: 2010:0533