CVE-2023-40661
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited with physical access without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.4 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-119 · Buffer errors
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Opensc Project Opensc ≤ 0.23.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.4
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.24.0-rc1
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/OpenSC-security-advisories
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.24.0-rc1
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/OpenSC-security-advisories
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7876
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7879
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40661
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240913
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/issues/2792#issuecomment-1674806651
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.24.0-rc1
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/OpenSC-security-advisories
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7876
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7879
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40661
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240913
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/issues/2792#issuecomment-1674806651
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.24.0-rc1
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/OpenSC-security-advisories
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3CPQOMCDWFRBMEFR5VK4N5MMXXU42ODE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GLYEFIBBA37TK3UNMZN5NOJ7IWCIXLQP/