SB2022112327 - SUSE update for opensc
Published: November 23, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022112327
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Physical access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6502)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc. A local user can trigger memory leak and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.