Security update for sane-backends

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0717-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-6318 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sane-backends fixes the following issues:

  • saned could have leaked uninitialized memory back to its requesters for some opcodes, allowing for information disclosure of saned memory (CVE-2017-6318, bsc#1027197).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-sane-backends-13029=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-sane-backends-13029=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-sane-backends-13029=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • sane-backends-autoconfig-1.0.20-7.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • sane-backends-x86-1.0.20-7.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • sane-backends-32bit-1.0.20-7.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • sane-backends-1.0.20-7.8.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • sane-backends-1.0.20-7.8.1

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