Firebird INTERBASE environment variable buffer overflow
| firebird-interbase-bo (11977) |  High Risk |
Description:
Firebird is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by insufficient bounds checking by the gds_inet_server, gds_drop, and gds_lock_mgr binaries. By passing an overly long INTERBASE environment variable to Firebird, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges, possibly root.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri May 09 2003 - 18:57:11 CDT : Firebird Local exploit.
- BID-7546: Firebird GDS_Inet_Server Interbase Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-0281: Buffer overflow in Firebird 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long INTERBASE environment variable when calling (1) gds_inet_server, (2) gds_lock_mgr, or (3) gds_drop.
- GLSA-200405-18: Buffer Overflow in Firebird
- SA8758: Firebird Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.0
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.0.2
- Gentoo Linux
Reported:
May 09, 2003
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