Information Exposure Affecting sane-backends package, versions <1.0.25-4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-SANEBACKENDS-518003
  • published20 Mar 2017
  • disclosed20 Mar 2017

Introduced: 20 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6318  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 sane-backends to version 1.0.25-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sane-backends package and not the sane-backends package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

saned in sane-backends 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via a crafted SANE_NET_CONTROL_OPTION packet.