Fedora 11 Update: opensc-0.11.8-1.fc11
A minor update fixing security problem within pkcs11-tool command
Summary
OpenSC is a package for for accessing smart card devices. Basic
functionality (e.g. SELECT FILE, READ BINARY) should work on any ISO
7816-4 compatible smart card. Encryption and decryption using private
keys on the smart card is possible with PKCS #15 compatible cards,
such as the FINEID (Finnish Electronic IDentity) card. Swedish Posten
eID cards have also been confirmed to work.
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-4892 2009-05-12 23:51:52 Name : opensc Product : Fedora 11 Version : 0.11.8 Release : 1.fc11 URL : Summary : Smart card library and applications Description : OpenSC is a package for for accessing smart card devices. Basic functionality (e.g. SELECT FILE, READ BINARY) should work on any ISO 7816-4 compatible smart card. Encryption and decryption using private keys on the smart card is possible with PKCS #15 compatible cards, such as the FINEID (Finnish Electronic IDentity) card. Swedish Posten eID cards have also been confirmed to work.
Change Log
* Mon May 11 2009 Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com> - 0.11.8-1 - new upstream version - fixes security issue
References
[ 1 ] Bug #499862 - opensec: insecure public exponent in opensc 0.11.7 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499862
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update opensc' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .