Double Free Affecting opensc package, versions <0.18.0-3.8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-OPENSC-2758833
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Nov 2018

Introduced: 5 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16425  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 opensc to version 0.18.0-3.8.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opensc package and not the opensc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

A double free when handling responses from an HSM Card in sc_pkcs15emu_sc_hsm_init in libopensc/pkcs15-sc-hsm.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.