CVE-2018-16420
published 2018-09-04CVE-2018-16420: Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be…
PriorityP420medium6.6CVSS 3.0
AVPACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.69%
48.7th percentile
Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | opensc | < opensc 0.19.0~rc1-1 (bookworm) | opensc 0.19.0~rc1-1 (bookworm) |
| opensc_project | opensc | <= 0.18.0 | — |
| opensc_project | opensc | >= 0 < 0.19.0~rc1-1 | 0.19.0~rc1-1 |
| opensc_project | opensc | >= 0 < 0.19.0~rc1-1 | 0.19.0~rc1-1 |
| opensc_project | opensc | >= 0 < 0.19.0~rc1-1 | 0.19.0~rc1-1 |
| opensc_project | opensc | >= 0 < 0.19.0~rc1-1 | 0.19.0~rc1-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.6MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv6.6MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.6LOW
vendor_redhat6.6MEDIUM
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Red Hat
opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response()
vendor_redhat·2018-09-12·CVSS 6.6
CVE-2018-16420 [MEDIUM] CWE-120 opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response()
opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response()
Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.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.
Package: opensc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-16420: opensc - Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decr...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.6
CVE-2018-16420 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-16420: opensc - Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decr...
Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.19.0~rc1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.19.0~rc1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.19.0~rc1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.19.0~rc1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.19.0~rc1-1)
GHSA
GHSA-w4mm-38jx-q774: Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-16420 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-w4mm-38jx-q774: Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003
Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.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.
OSV
CVE-2018-16420: Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003
osv·2018-09-04·CVSS 6.6
CVE-2018-16420 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-16420: Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003
Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16420 opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response() [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-12·CVSS 6.6
CVE-2018-16420 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-16420 opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response() [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-16420 opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response() [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16420 opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response()
bugzilla·2018-09-12·CVSS 6.6
CVE-2018-16420 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-16420 opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response()
CVE-2018-16420 opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from ePass 2003 Cards in card-epass2003.c:decrypt_response()
Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.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.
External References:
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/
Upstream Patch:
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-b36536074d13447fbbec061e0e64d15d
Discussion:
Created opensc tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1628028]
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I verified that the vulnerable code is present in ups
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2154https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-b36536074d13447fbbec061e0e64d15dhttps://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.htmlhttps://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2154https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-b36536074d13447fbbec061e0e64d15dhttps://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.htmlhttps://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/
2018-09-04
Published