Firebird XNET denial of service
| firebird-xnet-dos (36353) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Firebird is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when registering events in parallel with an XNET client. A local attacker on the adjacent network could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.5 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 1.8 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Firebird (2.0.2 or later), available from the SourceForge.net : Files Web site. See References.
References:
- Firebird Bug Tracker CORE-1403: Server crashes if a few events are being registered simultaneously by the client connected via XNET.
- SourceForge.net: Files: Firebird - File Release Notes and Changelog - Release Name: 2.0.2-Release.
- BID-25497: Firebird Multiple Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4665: Unspecified vulnerability in the server in Firebird before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an XNET session that makes multiple simultaneous requests to register events, aka CORE-1403.
- DSA-1529: firebird -- multiple vulnerabilities
- OSVDB ID: 37313: Firebird Server Crafted XNET Session Remote DoS
- SA26615: Firebird Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA29501: Debian firebird2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3021: Firebird Multiple Buffer Overflow and Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.0
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.0.2
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.5
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.5.0.4306
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.5.1
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.5.2
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.5.2.4731
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 1.5.3.4870
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 2.0.0
- FirebirdSQL Firebird 2.0.1
Reported:
Aug 03, 2007
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