First published: Wed Jun 24 2020(Updated: )
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-2020-081.
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 | |
openSUSE | =15.1 | |
openSUSE | =15.2 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =20.04 |
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CVE-2020-12864 has a high severity rating due to the potential for an out-of-bounds read that could expose sensitive information.
To fix CVE-2020-12864, update to SANE Backends version 1.0.30 or later.
SANE Backends versions prior to 1.0.30 are vulnerable to CVE-2020-12864.
Yes, CVE-2020-12864 can be exploited by a malicious device on the same local network.
CVE-2020-12864 affects multiple platforms including specific Ubuntu and Debian versions.