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Debian dla-4282 : firebird-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 254445

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Synopsis

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

Description

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 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk August 25, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 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.

Solution

Upgrade the firebird-dev packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/firebird3.0

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-54989

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/firebird3.0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 254445

File Name: debian_DLA-4282.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2025

Updated: 8/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54989

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird3.0-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird3.0-server-core, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfbclient2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird3.0-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird3.0-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird3.0-common-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird3.0-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libib-util, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird3.0-examples

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54989