Firebird Configfile.cpp and check_msgs.epp buffer overflow
| firebird-configfile-checkmsgs-bo (34201) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Firebird is vulnerable to a multiple unspecified buffer overflows in the Configfile.cpp and check_msgs.epp files. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities using unspecified attack vectors to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- FirebirdSQL, Firebird 2.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of December 2007.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed May 09 2007 - 10:43:10 CDT , Multiple vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0121.html.
- Firebird Web site, Firebird - The RDBMS that's going where you're going at http://www.firebirdsql.org/.
- BID-28478: Firebird Relational Database Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-2606: Multiple buffer overflows in Firebird 2.1 allow attackers to trigger memory corruption and possibly have other unspecified impact via certain input processed by (1) config\ConfigFile.cpp or (2) msgs\check_msgs.epp. NOTE: if ConfigFile.cpp reads a configuration file with restrictive permissions, then the ConfigFile.cpp vector may not cross privilege boundaries and perhaps should not be included in CVE.
- DSA-1529: firebird -- multiple vulnerabilities
- SA29501: Debian firebird2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Reported:
May 09, 2007
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