Out-of-bounds Read Affecting sane-backends-devel package, versions <1.0.31-6.3.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-SANEBACKENDSDEVEL-2698716
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Oct 2020

Introduced: 28 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-12862  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 sane-backends-devel to version 1.0.31-6.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sane-backends-devel package and not the sane-backends-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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