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Debian: 2156-1: pcscd: buffer overflow

LinuxSecurity.com: MWR InfoSecurity identified a buffer overflow in pcscd, middleware to access a smart card via PC/SC, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. [More...]

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PCSC_SCAN(1)						      General Commands Manual						      PCSC_SCAN(1)

NAME
pcsc_scan - regularly scans every PC/SC readers connected to the host SYNOPSIS
pcsc_scan [options] DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the pcsc_scan command. pcsc_scan is a program that regularly scans every PC/SC readers connected to the host When pcsc_scan is started it asks pcscd the list of available smart card readers. The list is printed. A sequence number is printed before each reader. Example: PC/SC device scanner V 1.1.0 (c) 2001-2002, Ludovic Rousseau PC/SC lite version: 1.1.1 0: GemPC410 0 0 1: GemPC430 0 0 When a card is inserted in any reader some information is printed: date and time: Thu Jun 13 18:56:14 2002 reader name: Reader 0 (GemPC410 0 0) card state and occured event: Card state: State has changed, Card inserted, ATR in case of card insertion: ATR: 3B 82 00 86 1E print an ATR analysis if the ATR_analysis command is available: ATR: 3B 82 00 86 1E + TS = 3B --> Direct Convention + T0 = 82, Y(1): 1000, K: 2 (historical bytes) TD(1) = 00 --> Y(i+1) = 0000, Protocol T = 0 ----- + Historical bytes: 86 1E OPTIONS
-h print help -V print version number -n do not print ATR analysis SEE ALSO
pcscd(1), ATR_analysis(1) AUTHOR
Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr> june 13, 2002 PCSC_SCAN(1)