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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-12861: Important: sane-backends security update (ALSA-2020-2902)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-12861: Important: sane-backends security update (ALSA-2020-2902)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/24/2020
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
05/04/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-sane-backends
  • alma-upgrade-sane-backends-daemon
  • alma-upgrade-sane-backends-devel
  • alma-upgrade-sane-backends-doc
  • alma-upgrade-sane-backends-drivers-cameras
  • alma-upgrade-sane-backends-drivers-scanners
  • alma-upgrade-sane-backends-libs

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