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CVE-2018-7409

Impact:: Moderate
Public Date:: 2018-01-02
CWE:: CWE-122

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

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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

Find out more about CVE-2018-7409 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score	5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Low

Affected Packages State

Platform	Package	State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	unixODBC	Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	unixODBC	Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	unixODBC64	Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	unixODBC	Will not fix

Last Modified 2018-09-27T12:22:57+00:00

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation