Out-of-Bounds Affecting unixODBC-devel package, versions <0:2.3.1-14.0.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-UNIXODBCDEVEL-2538430
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed22 Feb 2018

Introduced: 22 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7409  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 unixODBC-devel to version 0:2.3.1-14.0.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2336.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unixODBC-devel package and not the unixODBC-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In unixODBC before 2.3.5, there is a buffer overflow in the unicode_to_ansi_copy() function in DriverManager/__info.c.