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Medium ALSA-2021:1744 1 CVE

Moderate: sane-backends security update

Published May 18, 2021 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) is a universal scanner interface. The SANE application programming interface (API) provides standardized access to any raster image scanner hardware (for example, flatbed scanners, hand-held scanners, video and still cameras, and frame-grabbers).

Security Fix(es):

* sane-backends: NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read function (CVE-2020-12867)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 sane-backends 1.0.27-22.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 sane-backends-daemon 1.0.27-22.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 sane-backends-devel 1.0.27-22.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 sane-backends-doc 1.0.27-22.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 sane-backends-drivers-cameras 1.0.27-22.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 sane-backends-drivers-scanners 1.0.27-22.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 sane-backends-libs 1.0.27-22.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-12867