CVE-2003-0778 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 12 Sep 2003 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in the saned network daemon, affecting systems exposing this service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2003-0778?

CVE-2003-0778 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, and possibly later versions, does not properly allocate memory in certain cases, which could allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0778?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sane Sane, Sane Sane-Backend.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0778?

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-2003-0778 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0778 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0778, GHSA-hr4v-37pq-7rhh.