Security update for unixODBC

SUSE Security Update: Security update for unixODBC
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1832-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1044970 #1082060 #1082290 #1082484
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3

  • An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.

    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 Security 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 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 Desktop 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1240=1

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.6-7.9.1
      • unixODBC-debugsource-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-2.3.6-7.9.1
      • unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.6-7.9.1
      • unixODBC-debugsource-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 Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
      • unixODBC-2.3.6-7.9.1
      • unixODBC-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1
      • unixODBC-debuginfo-2.3.6-7.9.1
      • unixODBC-debuginfo-32bit-2.3.6-7.9.1
      • unixODBC-debugsource-2.3.6-7.9.1

    References: