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CVE-2023-40660

Public on 2023-10-06
Modified on 2024-01-31
Description

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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core opensc 2023-10-30 23:59 ALAS2-2023-2323
Amazon Linux 2023 opensc 2023-10-30 23:44 ALAS2023-2023-417

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H