Vulnerability · Published Jun 1, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-12867
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the sane-backends package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read 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, aka GHSL-2020-075.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | sane-backends | 1.0.27-22.el8 | ALSA-2021:1744 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | sane-backends-daemon | 1.0.27-22.el8 | ALSA-2021:1744 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | sane-backends-devel | 1.0.27-22.el8 | ALSA-2021:1744 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | sane-backends-doc | 1.0.27-22.el8 | ALSA-2021:1744 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | sane-backends-drivers-cameras | 1.0.27-22.el8 | ALSA-2021:1744 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | sane-backends-drivers-scanners | 1.0.27-22.el8 | ALSA-2021:1744 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | sane-backends-libs | 1.0.27-22.el8 | ALSA-2021:1744 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12867 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12867 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12867 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12867 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | sane | 1.0.30-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12867 |
| Debian:12 | sane-backends | 1.0.31-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12867 |
| Debian:13 | sane-backends | 1.0.31-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12867 |
| Debian:14 | sane-backends | 1.0.31-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12867 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | sane-backends | 0:1.0.27-22.el8 | RLSA-2021:1744 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/279#issue-1-ghsl-2020-075-null-pointer-dereference-in-sanei_epson_net_read x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-b845771719 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- [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