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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2059-1 (pcsc-lite)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pcsc-lite announced via advisory DSA 2059-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that PCSCD, a daemon to access smart cards, was vulnerable to a buffer overflow allowing a local attacker to elevate his privileges to root. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.102-1+lenny1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your pcsc-lite package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202059-1