CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0774

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In versions 1.0.7 and earlier, saned in sane-backends does not quickly handle connection drops, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) when invalid memory is accessed.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt service operation, potentially leading to downtime for the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update sane-backends to a version that fixes this vulnerability to minimize the risk of service failure.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier does not quickly handle connection drops, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) when invalid memory is accessed.

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