Out-of-bounds Read Affecting opensc package, versions <0:0.20.0-2.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OPENSC-1448198
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Nov 2019

Introduced: 3 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19479  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 opensc to version 0:0.20.0-2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4483.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opensc package and not the opensc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-setcos.c has an incorrect read operation during parsing of a SETCOS file attribute.

CVSS Scores

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