SB20200716149 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support update for sane-backends 

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SB20200716149 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support update for sane-backends

Published: July 16, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB20200716149
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12861)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the epsonds component in SANE Backends. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12865)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the epsonds component in SANE backends. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References