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MiracleLinux 7 : unixODBC-2.3.1-14.el7 (AXSA:2019-4101:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 289720

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2019-4101:01 advisory.

 * 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected unixODBC and / or unixODBC-devel packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/10559

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 289720

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2019-4101.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7485

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:unixodbc-devel, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2018

Reference Information

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