CVE-2017-6318

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-12-16
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1428883: CVE-2017-6318 sane-backends: SANE_NET_CONTROL_OPTION response packet may contain memory contents of the server
An information disclosure flaw was found in the way saned handled SANE_NET_CONTROL_OPTION requests. A remote attacker, able to connect to the saned daemon, could use this flaw to disclose portions of saned process memory.

Find out more about CVE-2017-6318 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 sane-backends Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 sane-backends Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sane-backends Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the SANE project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Kritphong Mongkhonvanit as the original reporter.

Last Modified
Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.