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opensc — security advisory
A vulnerability was found in OpenSC where PKCS#1 encryption padding removal is not implemented as side-channel resistant. This issue may result in the potential leak of private data.
- Products
- opensc
- Affected versions
- 0.23.0-0.3, 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u1
- Fixed versions
- 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2, 0.25.0~rc1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-5992
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 16:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A vulnerability was found in OpenSC where PKCS#1 encryption padding removal is not implemented as side-channel resistant. This issue may result in the potential leak of private data.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5992
opensc
Fixed versions: 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2
opensc
Fixed versions: 0.25.0~rc1-1
opensc
Fixed versions: 0.25.0~rc1-1
Complete source record
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