ubuntu-cve-2018-7409
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-02-22 18:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

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

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libodbc1",
            "binary_version": "2.2.14p2-5ubuntu5+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "odbcinst",
            "binary_version": "2.2.14p2-5ubuntu5+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "odbcinst1debian2",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "unixodbc",
            "binary_version": "2.2.14p2-5ubuntu5+esm1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "One-byte buffer overflow that isn\u0027t attacker controlled, DoS only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "unixodbc",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/unixodbc@2.2.14p2-5ubuntu5+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
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            {
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            },
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "2.2.14p2-5ubuntu5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libodbc1",
            "binary_version": "2.3.1-4.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "odbcinst",
            "binary_version": "2.3.1-4.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
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            "binary_version": "2.3.1-4.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "2.3.1-4.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "One-byte buffer overflow that isn\u0027t attacker controlled, DoS only"
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "unixodbc",
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      },
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            },
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          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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        "2.3.1-3",
        "2.3.1-4",
        "2.3.1-4.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libodbc1",
            "binary_version": "2.3.4-1.1ubuntu3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "odbcinst",
            "binary_version": "2.3.4-1.1ubuntu3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "odbcinst1debian2",
            "binary_version": "2.3.4-1.1ubuntu3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "unixodbc",
            "binary_version": "2.3.4-1.1ubuntu3"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "One-byte buffer overflow that isn\u0027t attacker controlled, DoS only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "unixodbc",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/unixodbc@2.3.4-1.1ubuntu3?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.3.4-1",
        "2.3.4-1.1",
        "2.3.4-1.1ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In unixODBC before 2.3.5, there is a buffer overflow in the unicode_to_ansi_copy() function in DriverManager/__info.c.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7409",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:34Z",
  "published": "2018-02-22T18:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7409"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.unixodbc.org/unixODBC-2.3.5.tar.gz"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://sourceforge.net/projects/unixodbc/files/unixODBC/2.3.5/ChangeLog/download"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6276-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7409"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6276-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-7409"
  ]
}



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