Yubico PIV Tool vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Yubico PIV Tool could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted input.
Software Description
It was discovered that libykpiv, a supporting library of the Yubico PIV Tool and YubiKey PIV Manager, mishandled specially crafted input. An attacker with a custom-made, malicious USB device could potentially execute arbitrary code on a computer running the Yubico PIV Tool or Yubikey PIV Manager.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libykpiv1 - 1.4.2-2ubuntu0.1
ykcs11 - 1.4.2-2ubuntu0.1
yubico-piv-tool - 1.4.2-2ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Yubico PIV Tool could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted input.
Software Description
- yubico-piv-tool - Command line tool for the YubiKey PIV applet
It was discovered that libykpiv, a supporting library of the Yubico PIV Tool and YubiKey PIV Manager, mishandled specially crafted input. An attacker with a custom-made, malicious USB device could potentially execute arbitrary code on a computer running the Yubico PIV Tool or Yubikey PIV Manager.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libykpiv1 - 1.4.2-2ubuntu0.1
ykcs11 - 1.4.2-2ubuntu0.1
yubico-piv-tool - 1.4.2-2ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...
