The following advisory data is extracted from:

https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_0966.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: opensc security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:0966-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0966
Issue date:         2024-02-26
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-5992
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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: Side-channel leaks while stripping encryption PKCS#1 padding (CVE-2023-5992)

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-2023-5992

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248685