CVE-2012-5529

Summary

CVECVE-2012-5529
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-20 00:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionTraceManager in Firebird 2.5.0 and 2.5.1, when trace is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by preparing an empty dynamic SQL query.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Firebirdsql Firebird 2.5.0 All All All
Application Firebirdsql Firebird 2.5.1 All All All
Application Firebirdsql Firebird 2.5.0 All All All
Application Firebirdsql Firebird 2.5.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Firebird 'TraceDSQLPrepare::prepare()' Function NULL Pointer Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Firebird Null Pointer Dereference on Empty Query Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2648-1 firebird2.5 DEBIAN www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[#CORE-3884] Server crashes on preparing empty query when trace is enabled - Firebird RDBMS Issue Tracker CONFIRM tracker.firebirdsql.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- firebird: DoS (NULL pointer dereference) while preparing an empty query with trace enabled MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- firebird: DoS (NULL pointer dereference) while preparing an empty query with trace enabled MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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