CVE-2008-3972

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pkcs15-tool in OpenSC before 0.11.6 does not apply security updates to a smart card unless the card's label matches the

pkcs15-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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6 EPSS 0.00111

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Affected Products & Versions

opensc-project opensc<= 0.11.5

opensc-project openscall versions

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6.6

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD11 Sep 2008 · 01:13 AM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/32099

http://secunia.com/advisories/34362

http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2008-August/000021.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/14

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45045

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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00686.html

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