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Gentoo GLSA-201401-16 High Severity: CCID Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 21, 2014
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Alert: Gentoo GLSA-202301-18 highlights critical vulnerability in CCID affecting execution safety. Immediate upgrade suggested!
A vulnerability in CCID could result in execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

CCID contains an integer overflow vulnerability in ccid_serial.c.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution software upgrade

Resolution

All CCID users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/ccid-1.4.1-r1"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since January 21, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-4530 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4530

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-16
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: CCID: Arbitrary code execution
Date: January 21, 2014
Bugs: #349559
ID: 201401-16

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution software upgrade

Synopsis

A vulnerability in CCID could result in execution of arbitrary code.

Background

CCID is a generic USB Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices driver.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-crypt/ccid < 1.4.1-r1 >= 1.4.1-r1

Impact

===== A physically proximate attacker could execute arbitrary code via a smart card with a specially crafted serial number.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.