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Debian DSA-2648-1 : firebird2.5 - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65582

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in the Firebird database server, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. In addition, a denial of service vulnerability was discovered in the TraceManager.

Solution

Upgrade the firebird2.5 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.0.26054~ReleaseCandidate3.ds2-1+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/firebird2.5

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2648

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65582

File Name: debian_DSA-2648.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird2.5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2013

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Firebird Relational Database CNCT Group Number Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5529, CVE-2013-2492

BID: 56521, 58393

DSA: 2648