CVE-2010-4531

NameCVE-2010-4531
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset (ATR) Handler (atrhandler.c) for pcscd in PCSC-Lite 1.5.3, and possibly other 1.5.x and 1.6.x versions, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a smart card with an ATR message containing a long attribute value.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2156-1
Debian Bugs607781

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pcsc-lite (PTS)buster1.8.24-1fixed
bullseye1.9.1-1fixed
bookworm1.9.9-2fixed
trixie2.0.1-1fixed
sid2.0.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pcsc-litesourcelenny1.4.102-1+lenny4DSA-2156-1
pcsc-litesource(unstable)1.5.5-4low607781

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