- Vulnerability/
- USN-4470-1
USN-4470-1: sane-backends vulnerabilities
First published: Mon Aug 24 2020(Updated: )
Kritphong Mongkhonvanit discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive memory information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-6318) It was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-12861) It was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2020-12862, CVE-2020-12863) It was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-12864) It was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12865) It was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-12866) It was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12867)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libsane1 | <1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1 | 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1 |
| Ubuntu Linux | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libsane1 | <1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2.3 | 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2.3 |
| Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libsane | <1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3 | 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3 |
| Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6318
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12861
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12862
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12863
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12864
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12865
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12866
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12867
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2.3
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4470-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/title
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/trending
- agent/source
- agent/tags
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu linux
- version/ubuntu linux/20.04
- version/ubuntu linux/18.04
- version/ubuntu linux/16.04