Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2323
Advisory Release Date: 2023-10-30 23:59 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-11-01 22:21 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Potential PIN bypass.
When the token/card was plugged into the computer and authenticated from one process, it could be used to provide cryptographic operations from different process when the empty, zero-length PIN and the token can track the login status using some of its internals. This is dangerous for OS logon/screen unlock and small tokens that are plugged permanently to the computer. (CVE-2023-40660)
multiple memory issues with pkcs15-init (enrollment tool) (CVE-2023-40661)
Affected Packages:
opensc
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update opensc to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
opensc-0.19.0-5.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
opensc-debuginfo-0.19.0-5.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
opensc-0.19.0-5.amzn2.0.2.i686
opensc-debuginfo-0.19.0-5.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
opensc-0.19.0-5.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
opensc-0.19.0-5.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
opensc-debuginfo-0.19.0-5.amzn2.0.2.x86_64