Muscle PCSC-Lite 1.5.3 atrhandler.c ATRDecodeAtr memory corruption
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Summary
A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Muscle PCSC-Lite 1.5.3. The impacted element is the function ATRDecodeAtr of the file atrhandler.c. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-4531. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Muscle PCSC-Lite 1.5.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function ATRDecodeAtr of the file atrhandler.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset (ATR) Handler (atrhandler.c) for pcscd in PCSC-Lite 1.5.3, and possibly other 1.5.x and 1.6.x versions, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a smart card with an ATR message containing a long attribute value.
The weakness was released 01/18/2011 as Bug CVE-201 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-4531. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68760 (Oracle Linux 6 : pcsc-lite (ELSA-2013-0525)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165185 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2011:003)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68760), SecurityFocus (BID 45450†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29181†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4271, VDB-13218, VDB-67522 and VDB-56095. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Nessus ID: 68760
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : pcsc-lite (ELSA-2013-0525)
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OpenVAS ID: 881634
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for pcsc-lite CESA-2013:0525 centos6
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
11/03/2010 🔍11/03/2010 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: Bug CVE-201Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4531 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-4531
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56096
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SecurityFocus: 45450 - PCSC-Lite 'atrhandler.c' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 42912
Vulnerability Center: 29181 - PCSC-Lite 1.5.3 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 23:27Updated: 10/12/2021 13:49
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (63), 03/13/2017 10:00 (9), 10/12/2021 13:44 (5), 10/12/2021 13:49 (1)
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