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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.890940
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-940-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sane-backends' package(s) announced via the DLA-940-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sane-backends' package(s) announced via the DLA-940-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that there was an issue in sane-backends, an API library for scanners. It allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via a crafted SANE_NET_CONTROL_OPTION packet.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, this issue has been fixed in sane-backends version 1.0.22-7.4+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sane-backends packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'sane-backends' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-6318
BugTraq ID: 97028
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97028
https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2017-February/035029.html
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2017-February/035054.html
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2017-February/035059.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2017:0649 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00016.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4470-1/
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