PT-2003-1870 · Sane Backends · Sane-Backends

Published 2003-09-12 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2003-0777

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: sane-backends versions 1.0.7 and earlier

Description: The issue arises when debug messages are enabled in saned, which can lead to improper handling of dropped connections. This can cause strings to not be null terminated, resulting in a denial of service due to a segmentation fault.

Recommendations: For versions 1.0.7 and earlier, consider disabling debug messages as a temporary workaround to prevent the improper handling of dropped connections. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0777

DSA-379

Affected Products

Sane-Backends

References · 12

• 🔥 http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-379 · Exploit
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_046_sane.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:099 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0777 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-278.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0777 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-005.0/CSSA-2004-005.0.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-285.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0777 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0777 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8597 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8593 · Note