A buffer overflow flaw was found in the unicode_to_ansi_copy() function of unixODBC. This overflow is not directly controllable by an attacker making the maximum potential impact a crash or denial of service.
Find out more about CVE-2018-7409 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Low |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unixODBC | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | unixODBC | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | unixODBC64 | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | unixODBC | Will not fix |