| Name | CVE-2019-6502 |
| Description | sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc in OpenSC 0.19.0 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by a call from eidenv. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3463-1 |
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 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.16.0-3+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.19.0-1+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.21.0-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.25.1-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| opensc | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| opensc | source | buster | 0.19.0-1+deb10u2 | | DLA-3463-1 | |
| opensc | source | (unstable) | 0.20.0-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/issues/1586
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/0d7967549751b7032f22b437106b41444aff0ba9 (0.20.0-rc1)
Negligible security impact, assigning a CVE seems out of proportion...