El mié, 18-06-2008 a las 23:29 +0200, Michael Grünewald escribió:
> Hello,
> during work for a seminar about smartcards and linux I found pam_pkcs11, 
> which works really nice. But I think there is a major security issue in the 
> card_eventmgr/pkcs11_cardmgr configuration samples. The screensaver is 
> unlocked regardless of the card inserted. When someone locked the screen by 
> removing the smartcard, I could easily place my own in the reader and unlock 
> the workstation. Is there an error in reasoning on my side or am I right?

You're right: it's a (serious) bug. lock manager should ask pam 
to ensure that provided card id matches logged user session

I'm not actually the mantainer of pam_pkcs11. So I'll forward your
question to opensc development mailing list.

Regards
Juan Antonio

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