Security update for unixODBC

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1832-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-7409 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-7485 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

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)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1240=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1240=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1240=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1240=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1240=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • unixODBC-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debugsource-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debuginfo-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.6-7.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • unixODBC-debugsource-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-devel-2.3.6-7.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • unixODBC-debugsource-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-2.3.6-7.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (s390x x86_64)
    • unixODBC-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debuginfo-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • unixODBC-debugsource-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-2.3.6-7.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • unixODBC-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debuginfo-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • unixODBC-debugsource-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-2.3.6-7.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • unixODBC-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1
    • unixODBC-debuginfo-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1

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