Sane Backend up to 1.0.29 null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sane Backend up to 1.0.29. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-12866. The attacker needs to be present on the local network. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Sane Backend up to 1.0.29. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 06/24/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at alioth-lists.debian.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-12866 since 05/14/2020. The attack needs to approached within the local network. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.0.30 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-155910, VDB-157208, VDB-157209 and VDB-157210 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Sane

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• Backend

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.12
• 1.0.13
• 1.0.14
• 1.0.15
• 1.0.16
• 1.0.17
• 1.0.18
• 1.0.19
• 1.0.20
• 1.0.21
• 1.0.22
• 1.0.23
• 1.0.24
• 1.0.25
• 1.0.26
• 1.0.27
• 1.0.28
• 1.0.29

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