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Fedora 38: 2024-b92d44f141 critical: opensc memory issue

New upstream release with security fixes for CVE-2023-5992 and CVE-2024-1454. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2024-b92d44f141 2024-03-16 01:50:49.900273 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : opensc Product : Fedora 38 Version : 0.25.0 Release : 1.fc38 URL : https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki Summary : Smart card library and applications Description : OpenSC provides a set of libraries and utilities to work with smart cards. Its main focus is on cards that support cryptographic operations, and facilitate their use in security applications such as authentication, mail encryption and digital signatures. OpenSC implements the PKCS#11 API so applications supporting this API (such as Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird) can use it. On the card OpenSC implements the PKCS#15 standard and aims to be compatible with every software/card that does so, too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: New upstream release with security fixes for CVE-2023-5992 and CVE-2024-1454 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Mar 7 2024 Veronika Hanulikova - 0.25.0-1 - New upstream release (#2265003), fixes CVE-2023-5992 and CVE-2024-1454 (#2263930) * Sun Jan 21 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.24.0-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2263929 - CVE-2024-1454 opensc: Memory use after free in AuthentIC driver when updating token info https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2263929 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisoryFEDORA-2024-b92d44f141' 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ Do not reply to spam, report it: . Latest Fedora 38 patch for OpenSC addresses critical memory vulnerabilities and boosts security protocols. Update today for improved protection.. Fedora Update, OpenSC Patch, Security Updates. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 16, 2024 •Critical Fedora