Stack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset...

Vulnerability Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset (ATR) Handler (atrhandler.c) for pcscd in PCSC-Lite 1.5.3, and possibly other 1.5.x and 1.6.x versions, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a smart card with an ATR message containing a long attribute value.

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053095.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0180
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053079.html
• http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_pcsc-atr-handler-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607781
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/7
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4531
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42912
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0256
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0101
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3264
• http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-cvs-commit/2010-November/004923.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43112
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45450
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/3
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2156
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:015