Double-free error in OpenSC - CVE-2018-16423
Published: December 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16737
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16423
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to double-free error when handling responses from a smartcard in sc_file_set_sec_attr in libopensc/sc.c. A remote unauthenticated attacker can supply specially crafted smartcards, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.
Affected software
OpenSC
opensc (Alpine package)
opensc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Opensuse
Fedora
opensc (Alpine package)
opensc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Opensuse
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16423
Update to version 0.19.0-rc1.
OpenSC - update to 0.19.0 rc1
opensc (Alpine package) - update to 0.19.0-r0
opensc - addressed in versions 0.19.0-1.fc28, 0.19.0-1.fc29
opensc (Alpine package) - update to 0.19.0-r0
opensc - addressed in versions 0.19.0-1.fc28, 0.19.0-1.fc29