Mageia 6: MGASA-2018-0379 Moderate: unixODBC Buffer Overflow DoS Risk
mageia
September 21, 2018
unixODBC before version 2.3.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the DriverManager/__info.c:unicode_to_ansi_copy() method
Summary
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
(CVE-2018-7409).
The SQLWriteFileDSN function in odbcinst/SQLWriteFileDSN.c in unixODBC
2.3.5 has strncpy arguments in the wrong order, which allows attackers to
cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact
(CVE-2018-7485).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23253
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/FNQ5MBIGSDZTV3C7TRG7BMA6GMVJVOYO/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7409
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7485
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/unixODBC-2.3.7-1.mga6
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Publication date: 21 Sep 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0379.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-7409,
CVE-2018-7485
Topics Covered
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