Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-12862
Medium 4.3
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 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12862 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12862 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12862 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12862 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12862 |
| Debian:12 | sane-backends | 1.0.31-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12862 |
| Debian:13 | sane-backends | 1.0.31-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12862 |
| Debian:14 | sane-backends | 1.0.31-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12862 |
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
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200817 [SECURITY] [DLA 2332-1] sane-backends security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- USN-4470-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201007 [SECURITY] [DLA 2332-2] sane-backends regression update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1791 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1798 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE