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GLSA-200405-18 : Buffer Overflow in Firebird

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14504

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200405-18 (Buffer Overflow in Firebird)

 A buffer overflow exists in three Firebird binaries (gds_inet_server, gds_lock_mgr, and gds_drop) that is exploitable by setting a large value to the INTERBASE environment variable.
 Impact :

 An attacker could control program execution, allowing privilege escalation to the UID of Firebird, full access to Firebird databases, and trojaning the Firebird binaries. An attacker could use this to compromise other user or root accounts.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround.

Solution

All users should upgrade to the latest version of Firebird:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=dev-db/firebird-1.5' # emerge '>=dev-db/firebird-1.5'

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7546/info/

http://www.nessus.org/u?1d6e5192

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200405-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14504

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200405-18.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:firebird, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0281

GLSA: 200405-18