CVE-2008-3972 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-3972

pkcs15-tool in OpenSC before 0.11.6 does not apply security updates...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

opensc-project

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Affected Software

opensc
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.4.0, 0.5.0, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.7.0, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.11.0, 0.11.1, 0.11.2, 0.11.3, 0.11.4

Timeline

Official Publish: September 10th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.