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CVE-2010-4523 Detail

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in libopensc in OpenSC 0.11.13 and earlier allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long serial-number field on a smart card, related to (1) card-acos5.c, (2) card-atrust-acos.c, and (3) card-starcos.c.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607427 Exploit  Patch 
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_opensc-get-serial-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf Exploit  Patch 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052777.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052796.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/2 Exploit  Patch 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/3 Exploit  Patch 
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/When-a-smart-card-can-root-your-computer-1154829.html Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:011
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45435
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0009 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0109
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/opensc/+bug/692483 Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664831 Exploit  Patch 
https://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/changeset/4913 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4523
NVD Published Date:
01/07/2011
NVD Last Modified:
02/17/2011
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.