Bug 1548305 – CVE-2018-7409 unixODBC: Buffer overflow in unicode_to_ansi_copy() can lead crash or other unspecified impact

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Bug 1548305 - (CVE-2018-7409) CVE-2018-7409 unixODBC: Buffer overflow in unicode_to_ansi_copy() can lead crash or other unspecified impact

Summary:	CVE-2018-7409 unixODBC: Buffer overflow in unicode_to_ansi_copy() can lead cr...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-7409

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1571528 1548306 1571527 1571529
Blocks:	1548307
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Reported:	2018-02-23 00:43 EST by Sam Fowler
Modified:	2018-09-27 07:06 EDT (History)
CC List:	10 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	unixODBC 2.3.5
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-02-23 00:43:10 EST

unixODBC before version 2.3.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the DriverManager/__info.c:unicode_to_ansi_copy() method. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact.


Upstream Release:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/unixodbc/files/unixODBC/2.3.5/


Upstream Revision:

https://sourceforge.net/p/unixodbc/code/136/#diff-12

Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-02-23 00:43:29 EST

Created unixODBC tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1548306]

Comment 3 Vyshnav A V 2018-05-15 07:28:29 EDT

When will you provide the fix for CVE-2018-7409 affected to package unixODBC
Thanks and Regards,
Vyshnav

Comment 4 nupur priya 2018-07-27 01:39:31 EDT

Is unixODBC available on RHEL6.10 is vulnerable, as the patch is only available for 7.5

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