Firebird 'ISC_PASSWORD' Environment Variable Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

BID:29123

Info

Firebird 'ISC_PASSWORD' Environment Variable Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 29123
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-1880
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 09 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 09 2008 06:05PM
Credit: Viesturs
Vulnerable: Gentoo dev-db/firebird 2.0.3 .12981.0-r5
Firebird Firebird 2.0.3 .12981.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Firebird 'ISC_PASSWORD' Environment Variable Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Firebird is prone to a vulnerability that can result in unauthorized database access.

Attackers can exploit this issue to gain 'SYSDBA' user access to affected databases.

Firebird 2.0.3.12981.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

NOTE: Reports suggest that this issue may affect only Firebird distributions provided in the Gentoo Linux operating platform.

Exploit / POC

Firebird 'ISC_PASSWORD' Environment Variable Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by remotely connecting to an affected database.

Solution / Fix

Firebird 'ISC_PASSWORD' Environment Variable Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Solution:
An advisory and fix are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Firebird 'ISC_PASSWORD' Environment Variable Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

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