CVE-2003-0778

N/A Unknown

Published: September 22, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier, and possibly later versions, does not properly allocate memory in certain cases, which could allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-005.0/CSSA-2004-005.0.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-379

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:099

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_046_sane.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-278.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-285.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8593

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8596

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-005.0/CSSA-2004-005.0.txt