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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2010-4531: PCSC-Lite: Arbitrary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2010-4531: PCSC-Lite: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/18/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset (ATR) Handler (atrhandler.c) for pcscd in PCSC-Lite 1.5.3, and possibly other 1.5.x and 1.6.x versions, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a smart card with an ATR message containing a long attribute value.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-pcsc-lite

References

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