RHEL 8 : sane-backends (RHSA-2021:1744)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149671

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for sane-backends.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1744 advisory.

- sane-backends: NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read function (CVE-2020-12867)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL sane-backends package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1744.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149671

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1744.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/19/2021

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12867

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sane-backends, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sane-backends-daemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sane-backends-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sane-backends-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sane-backends-drivers-cameras, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sane-backends-drivers-scanners, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sane-backends-libs

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12867

CWE: 476

RHSA: 2021:1744

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