Debian dsa-5992 : firebird-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 259889

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

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 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 30, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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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: [email protected]

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.

Solution

Upgrade the firebird-dev packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 259889

File Name: debian_DSA-5992.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2025

Updated: 8/30/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24975

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird4.0-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird4.0-server-core, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird4.0-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfbclient2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird4.0-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libib-util, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird4.0-common-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird4.0-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firebird4.0-common

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: 8/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24975, CVE-2025-54989

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