RHEL 2.1 : sane-backends (RHSA-2003:285)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12423

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated SANE packages that resolve a number of vulnerabilities with the saned daemon are now available.

SANE is a package for using document scanners.

Sane includes a daemon program (called saned) that enables a single machine connected to a scanner to be used remotely. This program contains several vulnerabilities.

NOTE: Although the SANE packages include this program, it is not used by default under Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The IP address of the remote host is only checked after the first communication occurs, causing saned.conf restrictions to be ineffective for the first communication. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0773 to this issue.

A connection that is dropped early causes one of several problems. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2003-0774, CVE-2003-0775, and CVE-2003-0777 to these issues.

Lack of error checking can cause various other unfavorable consequences. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2003-0776 and CVE-2003-0778 to these issues.

Users of SANE (particularly those that use saned for remote scanner access) should upgrade to these errata packages, which contain a backported security patch to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected sane-backends and / or sane-backends-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12423

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-285.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sane-backends, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sane-backends-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0773, CVE-2003-0774, CVE-2003-0775, CVE-2003-0776, CVE-2003-0777, CVE-2003-0778

RHSA: 2003:285

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