SB2018111925 - Endless recursion in opensc (Alpine package)
Published: November 19, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018111925
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Endless recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16426)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to endless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-ECC card in iasecc_select_file in libopensc/card-iasecc.c. A remote unauthenticated attacker can supply specially crafted smartcards to hang or crash the opensc library using programs.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.