| Name | CVE-2008-2235 |
| Description | OpenSC before 0.11.5 uses weak permissions (ADMIN file control information of 00) for the 5015 directory on smart cards and USB crypto tokens running Siemens CardOS M4, which allows physically proximate attackers to change the PIN. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1627-2 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| opensc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.16.0-3+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.16.0-3+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 0.19.0-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 0.19.0-1+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.21.0-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.25.0~rc1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| opensc | source | etch | 0.11.1-2etch2 | | DSA-1627-2 | |
| opensc | source | (unstable) | 0.11.4-4 | | | |
Notes
https://web.archive.org/web/20081222095654/http://www.opensc-project.org/security.html