Buffer overflow in ibserver for Firebird Database 1.0 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long database name, as demonstrated using the gsec command.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16316
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16229
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1014
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010381
http://secunia.com/advisories/19350
http://secunia.com/advisories/11756
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108611386202493&w=2
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0027.html