CentOS 7 : unixODBC (CESA-2019:2336)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128392

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Synopsis

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

Description

An update for unixODBC is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The unixODBC packages contain a framework that supports accessing databases through the ODBC protocol.

Security Fix(es) :

* 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)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected unixodbc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128392

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-2336.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2019

Updated: 4/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:centos:centos:unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:unixodbc-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2018

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2019:2336

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