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CentOS 8 : sane-backends (CESA-2021:1744)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149758

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1744

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149758

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-1744.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2021

Updated: 12/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sane-backends, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sane-backends-daemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sane-backends-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sane-backends-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sane-backends-drivers-cameras, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sane-backends-drivers-scanners, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sane-backends-libs

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

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

RHSA: 2021:1744