NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting sane-backends-drivers-scanners package, versions <0:1.0.27-22.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SANEBACKENDSDRIVERSSCANNERS-4000356
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Jun 2020

Introduced: 1 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12867  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 sane-backends-drivers-scanners to version 0:1.0.27-22.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1744.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sane-backends-drivers-scanners package and not the sane-backends-drivers-scanners package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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