CentOS 5 : ccid (CESA-2013:1323)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79152

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated ccid package that fixes one security issue and one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices (CCID) is a USB smart card reader standard followed by most modern smart card readers. The ccid package provides a Generic, USB-based CCID driver for readers, which follow this standard.

An integer overflow, leading to an array index error, was found in the way the CCID driver processed a smart card's serial number. A local attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the PC/SC Lite pcscd daemon (root, by default), by inserting a specially crafted smart card. (CVE-2010-4530)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* The pcscd service failed to read from the SafeNet Smart Card 650 v1 when it was inserted into a smart card reader. The operation failed with a 'IFDHPowerICC() PowerUp failed' error message. This was due to the card taking a long time to respond with a full Answer To Reset (ATR) request, which lead to a timeout, causing the card to fail to power up. This update increases the timeout value so that the aforementioned request is processed properly, and the card is powered on as expected. (BZ#907821)

All ccid users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected ccid package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79152

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-1323.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 11/12/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4530

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ccid, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4530

BID: 45806

RHSA: 2013:1323

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