Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0091: sane-backends (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0091)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235959

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2021:0091 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2020-12861:
A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to execute arbitrary code, aka GHSL-2020-080.

CVE-2020-12865:
A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to execute arbitrary code, aka GHSL-2020-084.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235959

File Name: alinux3_sa_2021-0091.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12861

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-doc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-drivers-cameras, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-drivers-scanners-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-drivers-scanners, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-libs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-drivers-cameras-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-daemon-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:sane-backends-daemon

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12861, CVE-2020-12865

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