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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-40661: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-40661: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
11/06/2023
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

Several memory vulnerabilities were identified within the OpenSC packages, particularly in the card enrollment process using pkcs15-init when a user or administrator enrolls cards. To take advantage of these flaws, an attacker must have physical access to the computer system and employ a custom-crafted USB device or smart card to manipulate responses to APDUs. This manipulation can potentially allow compromise key generation, certificate loading, and other card management operations during enrollment.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-opensc

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