RHSA-2023:7879

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2023-12-18 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:34
Summary
security update for opensc
Severity
Low
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for opensc
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2023:7879. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7879.
Patchnames: RHSA-2023:7879
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2023-40660
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:opensc-0:0.23.0-3.el9_3.i686 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:opensc-0:0.23.0-3.el9_3.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2023-40661
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2023-40660
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2023-4535
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2023-40660
Threats
Impact moderate
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