GLSA-201512-11 : Firebird: Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87711

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201512-11 (Firebird: Buffer Overflow)

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing requests from remote clients.
Impact :

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Firebird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/firebird-2.5.3.26780.0-r3' NOTE: Firebird package was moved to the testing branch (unstable) of Gentoo. There is currently no stable version of Firebird, and there will be no further GLSAs for this package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87711

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201512-11.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 1/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:firebird, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2015

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Firebird Relational Database CNCT Group Number Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2492

GLSA: 201512-11

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