[pkg-opensc-maint] Bug#1082861: opensc: CVE-2024-45617

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

Source: opensc
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for opensc.

CVE-2024-45617[0]:
| A vulnerability was found in OpenSC, OpenSC tools, PKCS#11 module,
| minidriver, and CTK. An attacker could use a crafted USB Device or
| Smart Card, which would present the system with a specially crafted
| response to APDUs.   Insufficient or missing checking of return
| values of functions leads to unexpected work with variables that
| have not been initialized.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309286


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-45617
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45617

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.