CVE-2008-3972

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3972
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-11 01:13:47 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionpkcs15-tool in OpenSC before 0.11.6 does not apply security updates to a smart card unless the card's label matches the "OpenSC" string, which might allow physically proximate attackers to exploit vulnerabilities that the card owner expected were patched, as demonstrated by exploitation of CVE-2008-2235.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.10.0 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.10.1 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.11.0 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.11.1 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.11.2 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.11.3 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.11.3 pre3 All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.11.4 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.4.0 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.5.0 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.6.0 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.6.1 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.7.0 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.8.0 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.8.1 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.9.2 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.9.3 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.9.4 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.9.5 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.9.6 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc All All All All
Operating System Siemens Cardos m4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
opensc 0.11.6 with fixed security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opensc-project.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: opensc-0.11.7-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for opensc - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:019 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: opensc 0.11.6 with fixed security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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