PT-2018-3639 · Unixodbc+5 · Unixodbc+5

Published 2018-02-22 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-7409

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions unixODBC versions prior to 2.3.5

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the unicode to ansi copy() function in DriverManager/ info.c. This can potentially allow a remote attacker to access confidential data, compromise data integrity, and cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.5, update to version 2.3.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the unicode to ansi copy() function until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-1715

BDU:2021-01498

CESA-2019_2336

CVE-2018-7409

MGASA-2018-0379

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1845-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11483-1

RHSA-2019:2336

RHSA-2019_2336

RHSA-2020:4999

SUSE-SU-2018:1832-1

SUSE-SU-2018_1832-1

USN-6276-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Unixodbc

References · 27

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7409 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2336 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1832-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6276-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7409 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6276-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11483-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/FNQ5MBIGSDZTV3C7TRG7BMA6GMVJVOYO · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7409 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7409 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7409 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0379.html · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-01498 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7409 · Vendor Advisory