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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68197
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-969-1 (pcsc-lite)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to pcsc-lite
announced via advisory USN-969-1.

Details follow:

It was discovered that the PC/SC service did not correctly handle
malformed messages. A local attacker could exploit this to execute
arbitrary code with root privileges.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.04:
pcscd 1.4.102-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 9.10:
pcscd 1.5.3-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
pcscd 1.5.3-1ubuntu4.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-969-1

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4901
BugTraq ID: 40758
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40758
Debian Security Information: DSA-2059 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2059
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042921.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042900.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40140
http://secunia.com/advisories/40239
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1427
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1508
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4902
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044124.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0407
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:017 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
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