usn-4470-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-08-24 17:38
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
sane-backends vulnerabilities
Details

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)

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            "binary_name": "libsane1",
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                },
                {
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                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
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                {
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Kritphong Mongkhonvanit discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled\ncertain packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain\nsensitive memory information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2017-6318)\n\nIt was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory\noperations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute\narbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu\n20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-12861)\n\nIt was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory\noperations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain\nsensitive information. (CVE-2020-12862, CVE-2020-12863)\n\nIt was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory\noperations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain\nsensitive information. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-12864)\n\nIt was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory\noperations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12865)\n\nIt was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory\noperations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu\n20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-12866)\n\nIt was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain memory\noperations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service. (CVE-2020-12867)\n",
  "id": "USN-4470-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:39Z",
  "published": "2020-08-24T17:38:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4470-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6318"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12861"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12862"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12863"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12864"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12865"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12866"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12867"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "sane-backends vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6318",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12861",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12862",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12863",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12864",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12865",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12866",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12867"
  ]
}



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