CVE-2009-4902

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-06-10
CWE:
CWE-228->CWE-119
Bugzilla:
596426: CVE-2009-4901 CVE-2009-4902 CVE-2010-0407 pcsc-lite: Privilege escalation via specially-crafted client to PC/SC Smart Card daemon messages

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-4902 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of pcsc-lite as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pcsc-lite Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 pcsc-lite Will not fix
Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4AS pcsc-lite Will not fix
Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 for 4AS pcsc-lite Will not fix

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