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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200812-09
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: OpenSC: Insufficient protection of smart card PIN
      Date: December 10, 2008
      Bugs: #233543
        ID: 200812-09

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Synopsis
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Smart cards formatted using OpenSC do not sufficiently protect the PIN,
allowing attackers to reset it.

Background
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OpenSC is a smart card application that allows reading and writing via
PKCS#11.

Affected packages
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     Package          /  Vulnerable  /                      Unaffected
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  1  dev-libs/opensc      < 0.11.6                           >= 0.11.6

Description
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Chaskiel M Grundman reported that OpenSC uses weak permissions (ADMIN
file control information of 00) for the 5015 directory on smart cards
and USB crypto tokens running Siemens CardOS M4.

Impact
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A physically proximate attacker can exploit this vulnerability to
change the PIN on a smart card and use it for authentication, leading
to privilege escalation.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All OpenSC users should upgrade to the latest version, and then check
and update their smart cards:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/opensc-0.11.6"
    # pkcs15-tool --test-update
    # pkcs15-tool --test-update --update

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2008-2235
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2235

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-09.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5