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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for sane-backends (DLA-2332-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'sane-backends' package(s) announced via the DLA-2332-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Kevin Backhouse discovered multiple vulnerabilies in the epson2 and epsonds backends of SANE, a library for scanners. A malicious remote device could exploit these to trigger information disclosure, denial of service and possibly remote code execution. CVE-2020-12862 An out-of-bounds read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to read important information, such as the ASLR offsets of the program, aka GHSL-2020-082. CVE-2020-12863 An out-of-bounds read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to read important information, such as the ASLR offsets of the program, aka GHSL-2020-083. CVE-2020-12865 A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to execute arbitrary code, aka GHSL-2020-084. CVE-2020-12867 A NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to cause a denial of service, aka GHSL-2020-075.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'sane-backends' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.25-4.1+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your sane-backends packages.