OpenSC up to 0.11.5 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenSC. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3972. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in OpenSC. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

pkcs15-tool in OpenSC before 0.11.6 does not apply security updates to a smart card unless the card s label matches the "OpenSC" string, which might allow physically proximate attackers to exploit vulnerabilities that the card owner expected were patched, as demonstrated by exploitation of CVE-2008-2235.

The bug was discovered 08/27/2008. The weakness was published 09/10/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3972 since 09/09/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35959 (Fedora 9 : opensc-0.11.7-1.fc9 (2009-2267)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.8.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45045), Tenable (35959), SecurityFocus (BID 33922†), OSVDB (48468†) and Secunia (SA32099†). Similar entries are available at VDB-46933 and VDB-48115. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 35959
Nessus Name: Fedora 9 : opensc-0.11.7-1.fc9 (2009-2267)
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OpenVAS ID: 63601
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-2267 (opensc)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenSC 0.8.1

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08/27/2008 🔍
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09/09/2008 +13 days 🔍
09/10/2008 +1 days 🔍
09/10/2008 +0 days 🔍
09/29/2008 +19 days 🔍
02/26/2009 +149 days 🔍
03/03/2009 +5 days 🔍
03/19/2009 +16 days 🔍
03/23/2009 +4 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2185 days 🔍
08/02/2021 +2330 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-3972 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43995
X-Force: 45045
SecurityFocus: 33922
Secunia: 32099 - SUSE Update for Multiple Packages, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 48468 - CVE-2008-3972 - OpenSC - Security Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 21354 - OpenSC < 0.11.6 pkcs15-tool Weaker than Expected Security, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/02/2021 08:44
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (72), 08/31/2019 08:44 (5), 08/02/2021 08:44 (4)
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