CVE-2018-7485

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-02-27
CWE:
CWE-119
Bugzilla:
1549636: CVE-2018-7485 unixODBC: Insecure buffer copy in SQLWriteFileDSN function in odbcinst/SQLWriteFileDSN.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-7485 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 6.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

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

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