Signature Detail
Short Name |
DB:FIREBIRD-USER-BO |
|---|---|
Severity |
High |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
DB |
Keywords |
Firebird Database Server Username Handling Buffer Overflow |
Release Date |
2010/09/22 |
Update Number |
1777 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+ |
DB: Firebird Database Server Username Handling Buffer Overflow
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the Firebird Database Server. A successful attack can lead to a buffer overflow and arbitrary remote code execution within the context of the server.
Extended Description
Firebird is prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected database server. Failed exploit attempts will likely cause denial-of-service conditions. The issue affects the following versions: Firebird 1.5.4 Firebird 2.0 Firebird 2.0.1 Firebird 2.0.2 Firebird 2.0.3 Firebird 2.1 Alpha 1 Firebird 2.1 Beta 1 Firebird 2.1 Beta 2
Affected Products
- Debian Linux 4.0
- Debian Linux 4.0 Alpha
- Debian Linux 4.0 Amd64
- Debian Linux 4.0 Arm
- Debian Linux 4.0 Hppa
- Debian Linux 4.0 Ia-32
- Debian Linux 4.0 Ia-64
- Debian Linux 4.0 M68k
- Debian Linux 4.0 Mips
- Debian Linux 4.0 Mipsel
- Debian Linux 4.0 Powerpc
- Debian Linux 4.0 S/390
- Debian Linux 4.0 Sparc
- Firebird 1.0.3
- Firebird 1.5.4
- Firebird 2.0
- Firebird 2.0.1
- Firebird 2.0.2
- Firebird 2.0.3
- Firebird 2.1 Alpha 1
- Firebird 2.1 Beta 1
- Firebird 2.1 Beta 2
- Gentoo Linux
References
- BugTraq: 27467
- CVE: CVE-2008-0467