libcacard is vulnerable to denial of service. Attackers with local access could cause a system hang using excessive consumption of memory. The vulnerability exists in the function vcard_apdu_new
of the file card_7816.c
and exploitable via vectors related to allocating a new APDU object.
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/11
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459661
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459663
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459664
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459666
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459667
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459668
cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/commit/?id=9113dc6a303604a2d9812ac70c17d076ef11886c
cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree/NEWS?id=aaa5251791bf0b1640afcba77a7d79ea23c42d53