GLSA 200803-02: Firebird: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Firebird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/02/2008
Bugs:	#208034
ID:	200803-02

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in Firebird may allow the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Firebird is a multi-platform, open source relational database.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/firebird	< 2.0.3.12981.0-r5	>= 2.0.3.12981.0-r5	All supported architectures

Description

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.

Resolution

All Firebird users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/firebird-2.0.3.12981.0-r5"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-02.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.