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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-5a6ed9d326
2017-03-03 17:05:44.333814
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Name        : libcacard
Product     : Fedora 25
Version     : 2.5.3
Release     : 1.fc25
URL         : Summary     : CAC (Common Access Card) library
Description :
This library provides emulation of smart cards to a virtual card
reader running in a guest virtual machine.

It implements DoD CAC standard with separate pki containers(compatible coolkey), using certificates read from NSS.

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Update Information:

new upstream release 2.5.3, fixing leaks
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1427833 - CVE-2017-6414 Qemu: libcacard: host memory leakage while creating new APDU
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade libcacard' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 25: libcacard Security Update

March 3, 2017
new upstream release 2.5.3, fixing leaks

Summary

This library provides emulation of smart cards to a virtual card

reader running in a guest virtual machine.

It implements DoD CAC standard with separate pki containers(compatible coolkey), using certificates read from NSS.

Update Information:

new upstream release 2.5.3, fixing leaks

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1427833 - CVE-2017-6414 Qemu: libcacard: host memory leakage while creating new APDU https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade libcacard' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : libcacard
Product : Fedora 25
Version : 2.5.3
Release : 1.fc25
URL : Summary : CAC (Common Access Card) library

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