USN-4470-1

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    USN-4470-1

    Published: 24 Aug 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    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)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4470-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6318, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12861, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12862, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12863, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12864, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12865, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12866, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12867

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sane-backends

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3

    Affected versions

    1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2
    1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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