Firebird Database Multiple Stack-based Overflows

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4230

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host seems to be running a Firebird database server. This version of Firebird is vulnerable to stack overflows that, if exploited, would give an attacker the ability to execute arbitrary code on the remote database server.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of Firebird server.

See Also

http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2007003

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4230

Family: Database

Published: 10/5/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:firebirdsql:firebird

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5245, CVE-2007-5246

BID: 25925