DSA-3752-1 pcsc-lite -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3752-1 pcsc-lite -- security update

Date Reported:

04 Jan 2017

Affected Packages:

pcsc-lite

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-10109.

More information:

Peter Wu discovered that a use-after-free in the pscd PC/SC daemon of PCSC-Lite might result in denial of service or potentially privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.13-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.20-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pcsc-lite packages.