RHEL 5 : pcsc-lite (RHSA-2010:0533)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 47875

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for pcsc-lite.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0533 advisory.

- pcsc-lite: Privilege escalation via specially-crafted client to PC/SC Smart Card daemon messages (CVE-2009-4901, CVE-2010-0407)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL pcsc-lite package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0533.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 47875

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0533.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/28/2010

Updated: 4/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0407

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcsc-lite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcsc-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcsc-lite-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcsc-lite-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2010

Reference Information

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

BID: 40758

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2010:0533

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