CVE-2008-1880

Description

The default configuration of Firebird before 2.0.3.12981.0-r6 on Gentoo Linux sets the ISC_PASSWORD environment variable before starting Firebird, which allows remote attackers to bypass SYSDBA authentication and obtain sensitive database information via an empty password.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42299

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29123

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-06.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/30162

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216158

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3