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RHEL 5 : coolkey (RHSA-2007:0631)
low Nessus Plugin ID 27832
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated coolkey packages that fix a security issue and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
coolkey contains the driver support for the CoolKey and Common Access Card (CAC) Smart Card products. The CAC is used by the U.S.
Government.
Steve Grubb discovered a flaw in the way coolkey created a temporary directory. A local attacker could perform a symlink attack and cause arbitrary files to be overwritten. (CVE-2007-4129)
In addition, the updated packages contain fixes for the following bugs in the CAC Smart Card support :
* CAC Smart Cards can have from 1 to 3 certificates. The coolkey driver, however, was not recognizing cards if they had less than 3 certificates.
* logging into a CAC Smart Card token with a new application would cause other, already authenticated, applications to lose their login status unless the Smart Card was then removed from the reader and re-inserted.
All CAC users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected coolkey and / or coolkey-devel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 27832
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0631.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/8/2007
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:coolkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:coolkey-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4129