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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3176-1
January 23, 2017
pcsc-lite vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 16.10
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
PCSC-Lite could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator
if it received specially crafted input.
Software Description:
– pcsc-lite: Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC
Details:
Peter Wu discovered that the PC/SC service did not correctly handle certain
resources. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PC/SC to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with
root privileges.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.10:
pcscd 1.8.14-1ubuntu1.16.10.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
pcscd 1.8.14-1ubuntu1.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
pcscd 1.8.10-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
pcscd 1.7.4-2ubuntu2.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3176-1
CVE-2016-10109
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcsc-lite/1.8.14-1ubuntu1.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcsc-lite/1.8.14-1ubuntu1.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcsc-lite/1.8.10-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcsc-lite/1.7.4-2ubuntu2.1
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