USN-969-1: PCSC-Lite vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 9.04

Packages

• pcsc-lite - Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC

Details

It was discovered that the PC/SC service did not correctly handle
malformed messages. A local attacker could exploit this to execute
arbitrary code with root privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.10

• pcscd - 1.5.3-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 9.04

• pcscd - 1.4.102-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• pcscd - 1.5.3-1ubuntu4.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2010-0407
• CVE-2009-4901
• CVE-2009-4902