RHSA-2024:0966 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: opensc security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · February 26, 2024
Updated · March 18, 2026
Topic
An update for opensc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The OpenSC set of libraries and utilities provides support for working with smart cards. OpenSC focuses on cards that support cryptographic operations and enables their use for authentication, mail encryption, or digital signatures.
Security Fix(es):
- OpenSC: Side-channel leaks while stripping encryption PKCS#1 padding (CVE-2023-5992)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.