Description
saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier calls malloc with an arbitrary size value if a connection is dropped before the size value has been sent, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or crash).
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-278.html ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_046_sane.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8600 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-285.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8593 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-379 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:099 ↗