Debian DSA-3109-1 : firebird2.5 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80127

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Synopsis

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

Description

Dmitry Kovalenko discovered that the Firebird database server is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send a malformed network packet to a firebird server, which would cause the server to crash.

Solution

Upgrade the firebird2.5 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.2.26540.ds4-1~deb7u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.3.26778.ds4-5.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80127

File Name: debian_DSA-3109.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/22/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird2.5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9323

BID: 71622

DSA: 3109

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