Firebird Username Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:27467

Info

Firebird Username Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27467
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0467
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 23 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 27 2008 01:39PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Gentoo Linux
Firebird Firebird 2.0.3
Firebird Firebird 2.0.1
Firebird Firebird 1.5.4
Firebird Firebird 1.0.3
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
Firebird Firebird 2.5.0
Firebird Firebird 2.1 Beta 2
Firebird Firebird 2.1 Beta 1
Firebird Firebird 2.1 Alpha 1
Firebird Firebird 2.0
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Firebird Firebird 2.0.4
Firebird Firebird 2.1.0 RC1

Discussion

Firebird Username Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Firebird is prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected database server. Failed exploit attempts will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.

The issue affects the following versions:

Firebird 1.5.4
Firebird 2.0
Firebird 2.0.1
Firebird 2.0.2
Firebird 2.0.3
Firebird 2.1 Alpha 1
Firebird 2.1 Beta 1
Firebird 2.1 Beta 2

Exploit / POC

Firebird Username Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Firebird Username Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Firebird Firebird 2.1 Alpha 1

Firebird Firebird 2.1 Beta 1

Firebird Firebird 2.1 Beta 2

References

Firebird Username Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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