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Debian DSA-3752-1 : pcsc-lite - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 96287

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Synopsis

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

Description

Peter Wu discovered that a use-after-free in the pscd PC/SC daemon of PCSC-Lite might result in denial of service or potentially privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the pcsc-lite packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.13-1+deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/pcsc-lite

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3752

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96287

File Name: debian_DSA-3752.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/5/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pcsc-lite, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10109

DSA: 3752