USN-3176-1: PCSC-Lite vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3176-1

23rd January, 2017

pcsc-lite vulnerability

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 version:

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

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2016-10109

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2jKaWBn