First published: Wed Jun 24 2020(Updated: )
A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to execute arbitrary code, aka GHSL-2020-080.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
ubuntu/sane-backends | <1.0.27-1~ | 1.0.27-1~ |
ubuntu/sane-backends | <1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1 | 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1 |
ubuntu/sane-backends | <1.0.30 | 1.0.30 |
debian/sane-backends | 1.0.31-4.1 1.2.1-2 1.3.0-1 | |
SANE Project SANE Backends | <1.0.30 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =20.04 | |
openSUSE | =15.1 | |
openSUSE | =15.2 |
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CVE-2020-12861 has a high severity level due to its potential for remote code execution.
To fix CVE-2020-12861, upgrade to SANE Backends version 1.0.30 or later.
SANE Backends versions prior to 1.0.30 are affected by CVE-2020-12861.
CVE-2020-12861 requires a malicious device on the same local network to exploit the vulnerability.
CVE-2020-12861 affects Ubuntu and Debian distributions, along with openSUSE versions carrying vulnerable SANE Backends.