[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: ccid-1.4.0-2.fc14

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-0162
2011-01-05 20:43:12
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Name        : ccid
Product     : Fedora 14
Version     : 1.4.0
Release     : 2.fc14
URL         : http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid.html
Summary     : Generic USB CCID smart card reader driver
Description :
Generic USB CCID (Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices) driver.

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Update Information:

This update fixes the following security issue:

An integer overflow, leading to array index error was found
in the way USB CCID (Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices) driver
processed certain values of card serial number. A local attacker
could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code, with the privileges
of the user running the pcscd daemon, via a malicious smart card
with specially-crafted value of its serial number, inserted to
the system USB port.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Jan  5 2011 Kalev Lember <kalev at smartlink.ee> - 1.4.0-2
- Fixed an integer overflow in card serial number processing code (CVE-2010-4530)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #664986 - CVE-2010-4530 CCID: Integer overflow, leading to array index error when processing crafted serial number of certain cards
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664986
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update ccid' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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