CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3972
6.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• opensc-project opensc (<= 0.11.5)
• opensc-project opensc 0.4.0
• opensc-project opensc 0.5.0
• opensc-project opensc 0.6.0
• opensc-project opensc 0.6.1
• opensc-project opensc 0.7.0
• opensc-project opensc 0.8.0
• opensc-project opensc 0.8.1
• opensc-project opensc 0.9.2
• opensc-project opensc 0.9.3
• opensc-project opensc 0.9.4
• opensc-project opensc 0.9.5
• opensc-project opensc 0.9.6
• opensc-project opensc 0.10.0
• opensc-project opensc 0.10.1
• opensc-project opensc 0.11.0
• opensc-project opensc 0.11.1
• opensc-project opensc 0.11.2
• opensc-project opensc 0.11.3
• opensc-project opensc 0.11.4
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32099 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34362 secunia.com
- http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2008-August/000021.html www.opensc-project.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/14 www.openwall.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45045 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00686.html www.redhat.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32099 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34362 secunia.com
- http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2008-August/000021.html www.opensc-project.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/14 www.openwall.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45045 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00686.html www.redhat.com