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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: RHSA-2013:1323-01 Low: Ccid Update

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A minor security bulletin for the ccid module on RHEL 5, focusing on a security vulnerability and an update to resolve an existing bug.
An updated ccid package that fixes one security issue and one bug is 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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices (CCID) is a USB smart card reader standard followed by most modern smart card readers. The ccid package provides a Generic, USB-based CCID driver for readers, which follow this standard.
An integer overflow, leading to an array index error, was found in the way the CCID driver processed a smart card's serial number. A local attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the PC/SC Lite pcscd daemon (root, by default), by inserting a specially-crafted smart card. (CVE-2010-4530)
This update also fixes the following bug:
* The pcscd service failed to read from the SafeNet Smart Card 650 v1 when it was inserted into a smart card reader. The operation failed with a "IFDHPowerICC() PowerUp failed" error message. This was due to the card taking a long time to respond with a full Answer To Reset (ATR) request, which lead to a timeout, causing the card to fail to power up. This update increases the timeout value so that the aforementioned request is processed properly, and the card is powered on as expected. (BZ#907821)
All ccid users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity smart card ccid update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4530 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: ccid-1.3.8-2.el5.i386.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.8-2.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: ccid-1.3.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: ccid-1.3.8-2.el5.i386.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.8-2.el5.i386.rpm
ia64: ccid-1.3.8-2.el5.ia64.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.8-2.el5.ia64.rpm
ppc: ccid-1.3.8-2.el5.ppc.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.8-2.el5.ppc.rpm
x86_64: ccid-1.3.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1323-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1323.html
Issue date: 2013-09-30

Topic

An updated ccid package that fixes one security issue and one bug is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having lowsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity smart card ccid update

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

664986 - CVE-2010-4530 CCID: Integer overflow, leading to array index error when processing crafted serial number of certain cards

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