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CVE-2023-40661

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CVE-2023-40661

Published: Nov 6, 2023

Modified: Nov 6, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.4

MEDIUM

Description

Several memory vulnerabilities were identified within the OpenSC packages, particularly in the card enrollment process using pkcs15-init when a user or administrator enrolls cards. To take advantage of these flaws, 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 key generation, certificate loading, and other card management operations during enrollment.

VendorProductVersions

Unknown

OpenSC

affected
0 - < 0.24.0

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

unaffected
0:0.20.0-7.el8_9 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

unaffected
0:0.23.0-3.el9_3 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

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