PT-2023-8908

CVE-2023-40661

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Published

2023-09-25

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Updated

2026-10-31

Description by

CVSS 2.0
6.8
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenSC (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to several memory vulnerabilities within the OpenSC packages, specifically in the card enrollment process using pkcs15-init. An attacker must have physical access to the computer system and employ a custom-crafted USB device or smart card to manipulate responses to APDUs. This manipulation can potentially allow compromise of key generation, certificate loading, and other card management operations during enrollment.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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Related identifiers
ALSA-2023:7876
ALSA-2023_7876
ALSA-2023:7879
ALSA-2023_7879
ALT-PU-2023-8056
ALT-PU-2023-8077
ALT-PU-2023-8185
ALT-PU-2024-7018
AZL-31944
AZL-35075
CESA-2023_7876
CLEANSTART-2024-PM02853
DLA-3668-1
DLA-4004-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13314-1
RHSA-2023:7876
RHSA-2023_7876
RHSA-2023:7879
RHSA-2023_7879
ROSA-SA-2025-2580
SUSE-SU-2023:4065-1
SUSE-SU-2023:4089-1
SUSE-SU-2023:4104-1
USN-7346-1
USN-7346-2
USN-7346-3
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