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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7879.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: opensc security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7879-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7879
Issue date:         2023-12-19
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-4535
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Summary: 

An update for opensc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

The OpenSC set of libraries and utilities provides support for working with smart cards. OpenSC focuses on cards that support cryptographic operations and enables their use for authentication, mail encryption, or digital signatures.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenSC: Potential PIN bypass when card tracks its own login state (CVE-2023-40660)

* OpenSC: multiple memory issues with pkcs15-init (enrollment tool) (CVE-2023-40661)

* OpenSC: out-of-bounds read in MyEID driver handling encryption using symmetric keys (CVE-2023-4535)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2023-4535

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240912
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240913
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240914