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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-16426: Moderate: opensc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2019:2154)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-16426: Moderate: opensc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2019:2154)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/04/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Endless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-ECC card in iasecc_select_file in libopensc/card-iasecc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to hang or crash the opensc library using programs.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-opensc
  • centos-upgrade-opensc-debuginfo

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