Vulnerability in Opensc Project (CVE-2024-8443)
Summary
Vulnerability in Opensc Project (CVE-2024-8443). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the libopensc OpenPGP driver. A crafted USB device or smart card with malicious responses to the APDUs during the card enrollment process using the pkcs15-init tool may lead to out-of-bound rights, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-8443 has been found in Opensc Project.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 2.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Opensc Project CVE-2024-8443" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-8443 (Opensc Project) — CWE-122 / CVSS v3 2.9
Attack vector: physical / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-122) exists in Opensc Project.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Opensc Project.
Severity: Low (CVSS 2.9/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Opensc Project を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8443 opensc Fixed in: 0.21.0-1+deb11u1
References
- patch secalert@redhat.com
- patch secalert@redhat.com
- web lists.debian.org