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FreeBSD : Use-After-Free Vulnerability in pcsc-lite (c218873d-d444-11e6-84ef-f0def167eeea)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96371

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Synopsis

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

Description

Peter Wu on Openwall mailing-list reports :

The issue allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service, but can potentially result in Privilege Escalation since the daemon is running as root. while any local user can connect to the Unix socket.
Fixed by patch which is released with hpcsc-lite 1.8.20.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/03/2

http://www.nessus.org/u?939f9847

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96371

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c218873dd44411e684eff0def167eeea.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 1/10/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:freebsd:freebsd:pcsc-lite, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10109