CVE-2003-0775 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the SANE network daemon by triggering a memory consumption or crash via malformed connection data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2003-0775?
CVE-2003-0775 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier calls malloc with an arbitrary size value if a connection is dropped before the size value has been sent, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or crash).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0775?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sane Sane, Sane Sane-Backend.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0775?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2003-0775 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0775 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0775, GHSA-4rcw-rfm8-hhj3.