Buffer overflow in unixODBC - CVE-2018-7409

 

Buffer overflow in unixODBC - CVE-2018-7409

Published: March 26, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11274
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7409
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: unixODBC
Affected software:
unixODBC

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists in the unicode_to_ansi_copy() function due to buffer overflow. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input, cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-7409

Update to version 2.3.5.

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