CVE-2003-0773

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-09-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier does not check the IP address of the connecting host during the SANE_NET_INIT RPC call, which allows remote attackers to use that call even if they are restricted in saned.conf.

Affected products

Sane: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+6)
Sane-Backend: 1.0.10

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-379
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:099
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_046_sane.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-278.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-285.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8593
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8595
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-379
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:099
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_046_sane.html

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