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Red Hat 5: RHSA-2010:0533-01 Moderate: pcsc-lite Daemon Crash

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Calendar Grey July 14, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Address moderate vulnerabilities in pcsc-lite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 through this updated advisory, ensuring system integrity and secure operations.
Updated pcsc-lite packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

PC/SC Lite provides a Windows SCard compatible interface for communicating with smart cards, smart card readers, and other security tokens.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were discovered in the way the pcscd daemon, a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readersand smart cards connected to the system, handled client requests. A local user could create a specially-crafted request that would cause the pcscd daemon to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-0407, CVE-2009-4901)
Users of pcsc-lite should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. After installing this update, the pcscd daemon will be restarted automatically.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow red hat moderate issue daemon crash pcsc-lite

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4901 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0407 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-debuginfo-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-doc-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-libs-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm
x86_64: pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5.x86_64.rpm pcsc-lite-debuginfo-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-debuginfo-1.4.4-4.el5_5.x86_64.rpm pcsc-lite-doc-1.4.4-4.el5_5.x86_64.rpm pcsc-lite-libs-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-libs-1.4.4-4.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: pcsc-lite-debuginfo-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm
x86_64: pcsc-lite-debuginfo-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-debuginfo-1.4.4-4.el5_5.x86_64.rpm pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-4.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-debuginfo-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-doc-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm pcsc-lite-libs-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386.rpm
ia64: pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5.ia64.rpm pcsc-lite-debuginfo-1.4.4-4.el5_5.ia64.rpm pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-4.el5_5.ia64.rpm pcsc-lite-doc-1.4.4-4.el5_5.ia64.rpm pcsc-lite-libs-1.4.4-4.el5_5.ia64.rpm
ppc: pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0533-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0533.html
Issue date: 2010-07-14

Topic

Updated pcsc-lite packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow red hat moderate issue daemon crash pcsc-lite

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

596426 - CVE-2009-4901 CVE-2009-4902 CVE-2010-0407 pcsc-lite: Privilege escalation via specially-crafted client to PC/SC Smart Card daemon messages

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