Firebird is a relational database. Prior to versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3, there is an XDR message parsing NULL pointer dereference denial-of-service vulnerability in Firebird. This specific flaw exists within the parsing of xdr message from client. It leads to NULL pointer dereference and DoS. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-2d3009f39f advisory.

    4.0.6.3221

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-10462d0b3e advisory.

    4.0.6.3221

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-d24499a627 advisory.

    4.0.6.3221

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Firebird is a relational database. Prior to versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3, there is an XDR message     parsing NULL pointer dereference denial-of-service vulnerability in Firebird. This specific flaw exists     within the parsing of xdr message from client. It leads to NULL pointer dereference and DoS. This issue     has been patched in versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3. (CVE-2025-54989)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5992 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5992-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     August 30, 2025                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : firebird4.0     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-24975 CVE-2025-54989

    Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the Firebird database, which may     result in denial of service or authentication bypass.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 4.0.5.3140.ds6-17+deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your firebird4.0 packages.

    For the detailed security status of firebird4.0 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/firebird4.0

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02991-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-54989: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in XDR message parsing leading to denial-of-service (ZDI-     CAN-26486, bsc#1248143)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4282 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4282-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Adrian Bunk     August 25, 2025                               https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : firebird3.0     Version        : 3.0.7.33374.ds4-2+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-54989     Debian Bug     : 1111321

    An XDR message parsing NULL pointer dereference has been fixed in the     Firebird database.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     3.0.7.33374.ds4-2+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your firebird3.0 packages.

    For the detailed security status of firebird3.0 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/firebird3.0

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
266472	Fedora 41 : firebird (2025-2d3009f39f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
266468	Fedora 43 : firebird (2025-10462d0b3e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
266001	Fedora 42 : firebird (2025-d24499a627)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
259995	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-54989	Nessus	Misc.	high
259889	Debian dsa-5992 : firebird-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
258056	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : firebird (SUSE-SU-2025:02991-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
254445	Debian dla-4282 : firebird-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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