openSUSE Security Update : unixODBC (openSUSE-2018-684)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 110829

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for unixODBC to version 2.3.6 fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2018-7409: Buffer overflow in unicode_to_ansi_copy() was fixed in 2.3.5 (bsc#1082290)

- CVE-2018-7485: Swapped arguments in SQLWriteFileDSN() in odbcinst/SQLWriteFileDSN.c (bsc#1082484)

Other fixes :

- Enabled --enable-fastvalidate option in configure (bsc#1044970)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected unixODBC packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044970

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082060

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082290

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082484

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 110829

File Name: openSUSE-2018-684.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:unixodbc-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:unixodbc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:unixodbc-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:unixodbc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:unixodbc-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7409, CVE-2018-7485