Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-12866
Medium 5.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the sane package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 35.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A NULL pointer dereference 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, GHSL-2020-079.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12866 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12866 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12866 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12866 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12866 |
| Debian:12 | sane-backends | 1.0.31-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12866 |
| Debian:13 | sane-backends | 1.0.31-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12866 |
| Debian:14 | sane-backends | 1.0.31-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12866 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane x_refsource_MISC
- USN-4470-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1791 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1798 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE