USN-6715-1: unixODBC vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• unixodbc - Basic ODBC tools

Details

It was discovered that unixODBC incorrectly handled certain bytes.
An attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause
a crash.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10

• libodbc2 - 2.3.12-1ubuntu0.23.10.1
• unixodbc - 2.3.12-1ubuntu0.23.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• libodbc1 - 2.3.9-5ubuntu0.1
• libodbc2 - 2.3.9-5ubuntu0.1
• unixodbc - 2.3.9-5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libodbc1 - 2.3.6-0.1ubuntu0.1
• unixodbc - 2.3.6-0.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libodbc1 - 2.3.4-1.1ubuntu3+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• unixodbc - 2.3.4-1.1ubuntu3+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• libodbc1 - 2.3.1-4.1ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• unixodbc - 2.3.1-4.1ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2024-1013

Related notices

• USN-6715-2: libodbcinst2, unixodbc-common, libodbccr2, unixodbc, unixodbc-dev, libodbc2, odbcinst