gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200707-01.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200707-01">
<title>Firebird: Buffer overflow</title>
<synopsis>
A vulnerability has been discovered in Firebird, allowing for the execution
of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">firebird</product>
<announced>2007-07-01</announced>
<revised count="01">2007-07-01</revised>
<bug>181811</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-db/firebird" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.0.1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.0.1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Firebird is an open source relational database that runs on Linux,
Windows, and various UNIX systems.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Cody Pierce from TippingPoint DVLabs has discovered a buffer overflow
when processing "connect" requests with an overly large "p_cnct_count"
value.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
An unauthenticated remote attacker could send a specially crafted
request to a vulnerable server, possibly resulting in the execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firebird.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Firebird users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-db/firebird-2.0.1"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3181">CVE-2007-3181</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-06-25T19:06:37Z">
p-y
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-06-26T18:04:58Z">
p-y
</metadata>
</glsa>