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RedHat: RHSA-2020-4999-01 Moderate: unixODBC Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for unixODBC is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The unixODBC packages contain a framework that supports accessing databases through the ODBC protocol.
Security Fix(es):
* unixODBC: Buffer overflow in unicode_to_ansi_copy() can lead to crash or other unspecified impact (CVE-2018-7409)
* unixODBC: Insecure buffer copy in SQLWriteFileDSN function in odbcinst/SQLWriteFileDSN.c (CVE-2018-7485)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow red hat unixODBC

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7409 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7485 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6):
Source: unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.i686.rpm unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.x86_64.rpm unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.1-14.el7_6.i686.rpm unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.1-14.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6):
x86_64: unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.1-14.el7_6.i686.rpm unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.1-14.el7_6.x86_64.rpm unixODBC-devel-2.3.1-14.el7_6.i686.rpm unixODBC-devel-2.3.1-14.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6):
Source: unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.src.rpm
ppc64: unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.ppc.rpm unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.ppc64.rpm unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.1-14.el7_6.ppc.rpm unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.1-14.el7_6.ppc64.rpm unixODBC-devel-2.3.1-14.el7_6.ppc.rpm unixODBC-devel-2.3.1-14.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.1-14.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm unixODBC-devel-2.3.1-14.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.s390.rpm unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.s390x.rpm unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.1-14.el7_6.s390.rpm unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.1-14.el7_6.s390x.rpm unixODBC-devel-2.3.1-14.el7_6.s390.rpm unixODBC-devel-2.3.1-14.el7_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.i686.rpm unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7_6.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4999-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4999
Issue date: 2020-11-10

Topic

An update for unixODBC is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow red hat unixODBC

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

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

1549636 - CVE-2018-7485 unixODBC: Insecure buffer copy in SQLWriteFileDSN function in odbcinst/SQLWriteFileDSN.c

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