Debian DSA-2647-1 : firebird2.1 - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65581

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in the Firebird database server, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the firebird2.1 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.3.18185-0.ds1-11+squeeze1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702735

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/firebird2.1

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2647

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65581

File Name: debian_DSA-2647.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird2.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2013

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Firebird Relational Database CNCT Group Number Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2492

BID: 58393

DSA: 2647