Friday, October 1, 2010

pcsc-lite: Multiple vulnerabilities

Users of pcsc-lite please be advised of a multiple vulnerabilities that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
MDVSA-2010:189-1: MDVSA-2010:189-1 - pcsc-lite
Problem Description:



Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in pcsc-lite:



The MSGFunctionDemarshall function in winscard_svc.c in the PC/SC Smart

Card daemon (aka PCSCD) in MUSCLE PCSC-Lite before 1.5.4 might allow

local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted

SCARD_SET_ATTRIB message data, which is improperly demarshalled

and triggers a buffer over-read, a related issue to CVE-2010-0407

(CVE-2009-4901).



Buffer overflow in the MSGFunctionDemarshall function in winscard_svc.c

in the PC/SC Smart Card daemon (aka PCSCD) in MUSCLE PCSC-Lite 1.5.4

and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via crafted

SCARD_CONTROL message data, which is improperly demarshalled. NOTE:

this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-0407

(CVE-2009-4902).
Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
 

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