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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-4892
2009-05-12 23:51:52
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Name        : opensc
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 0.11.8
Release     : 1.fc11
URL         : Summary     : Smart card library and applications
Description :
OpenSC is a package for for accessing smart card devices.  Basic
functionality (e.g. SELECT FILE, READ BINARY) should work on any ISO
7816-4 compatible smart card.  Encryption and decryption using private
keys on the smart card is possible with PKCS #15 compatible cards,
such as the FINEID (Finnish Electronic IDentity) card.  Swedish Posten
eID cards have also been confirmed to work.

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Update Information:

A minor update fixing security problem within pkcs11-tool command.    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:

* Mon May 11 2009 Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com> - 0.11.8-1
- new upstream version - fixes security issue
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #499862 - opensec: insecure public exponent in opensc 0.11.7
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499862
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update opensc' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 11 Update: opensc-0.11.8-1.fc11

May 29, 2009

A minor update fixing security problem within pkcs11-tool command

Summary

OpenSC is a package for for accessing smart card devices. Basic

functionality (e.g. SELECT FILE, READ BINARY) should work on any ISO

7816-4 compatible smart card. Encryption and decryption using private

keys on the smart card is possible with PKCS #15 compatible cards,

such as the FINEID (Finnish Electronic IDentity) card. Swedish Posten

eID cards have also been confirmed to work.

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-4892 2009-05-12 23:51:52 Name : opensc Product : Fedora 11 Version : 0.11.8 Release : 1.fc11 URL : Summary : Smart card library and applications Description : OpenSC is a package for for accessing smart card devices. Basic functionality (e.g. SELECT FILE, READ BINARY) should work on any ISO 7816-4 compatible smart card. Encryption and decryption using private keys on the smart card is possible with PKCS #15 compatible cards, such as the FINEID (Finnish Electronic IDentity) card. Swedish Posten eID cards have also been confirmed to work.

Change Log

* Mon May 11 2009 Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com> - 0.11.8-1 - new upstream version - fixes security issue

References

[ 1 ] Bug #499862 - opensec: insecure public exponent in opensc 0.11.7 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499862

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update opensc' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : opensc
Product : Fedora 11
Version : 0.11.8
Release : 1.fc11
URL : Summary : Smart card library and applications

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