GLSA-200803-02 : Firebird: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 31329

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-200803-02 (Firebird: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Firebird does not properly handle certain types of XDR requests, resulting in an integer overflow (CVE-2008-0387). Furthermore, it is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing usernames (CVE-2008-0467).
Impact :

A remote attacker could send specially crafted XDR requests or an overly long username to the vulnerable server, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
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-2.0.3.12981.0-r5'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 31329

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200803-02.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 3/4/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

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: 3/2/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0387, CVE-2008-0467

CWE: 119, 189

GLSA: 200803-02