CVE-2018-16426

NameCVE-2018-16426
DescriptionEndless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-ECC card in iasecc_select_file in libopensc/card-iasecc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to hang or crash the opensc library using programs.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1916-1
Debian Bugs909444

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
opensc (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.16.0-3+deb8u3fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch0.16.0-3+deb9u2fixed
buster0.19.0-1+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)0.19.0-1+deb10u3fixed
bullseye0.21.0-1fixed
bookworm0.23.0-0.3+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie0.25.0~rc1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openscsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
openscsourcejessie0.16.0-3+deb8u1DLA-1916-1
openscsourcestretch0.16.0-3+deb9u1
openscsource(unstable)0.19.0~rc1-1low909444

Notes

https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/03628449b75a93787eb2359412a3980365dda49b#diff-f8c0128e14031ed9307d47f10f601b54
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/

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