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Red Hat 6 RHSA-2013:0523-02 Low Impact: Ccid Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Minor security patch for the ccid software in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mitigates possible code execution vulnerabilities.
An updated ccid package that fixes one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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/knowledge/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:
* Previously, CCID only recognized smart cards with 5V power supply. With this update, CCID also supports smart cards with different power supply. (BZ#808115)
All users of ccid are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux integer overflow low impact smart card ccid

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. 6):
Source:
i386: ccid-1.3.9-6.el6.i686.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.9-6.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: ccid-1.3.9-6.el6.x86_64.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.9-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: ccid-1.3.9-6.el6.x86_64.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.9-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
i386: ccid-1.3.9-6.el6.i686.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.9-6.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64: ccid-1.3.9-6.el6.ppc64.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.9-6.el6.ppc64.rpm
x86_64: ccid-1.3.9-6.el6.x86_64.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.9-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
i386: ccid-1.3.9-6.el6.i686.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.9-6.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: ccid-1.3.9-6.el6.x86_64.rpm ccid-debuginfo-1.3.9-6.el6.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-2013:0523-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0523.html
Issue date: 2013-02-21

Topic

An updated ccid package that fixes one security issue and one bug are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux integer overflow low impact smart card ccid

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - 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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