CVE-2008-3972

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    CVE-2008-3972

    Published: 11 Sept 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/32099, http://secunia.com/advisories/34362, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html, 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, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00686.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High