Borland InterBase ibserver.exe buffer overflow
| borland-ibserver-bo (41932) |  High Risk |
Description:
Borland InterBase is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the ibserver.exe service. By sending a specially-crafted 0x52 opcode request to TCP port 3050, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the service to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Borland, InterBase 2007 SP2
Remedy:
No remedy available as of August 23, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 11 2008 - 02:46:38 CDT, Borland InterBase 2007 "ibserver.exe" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability POC at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-04/0127.html.
- Interbase Web site, InterBase product page at http://www.codegear.com/products/interbase.
- BID-28730: Borland InterBase IBServer.EXE Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1910: Stack-based buffer overflow in the database service (ibserver.exe) in Borland InterBase 2007 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed opcode 0x52 request to TCP port 3050. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2007-5243 or CVE-2007-5244.
- SECTRACK ID: 1019834: Borland InterBase Buffer Overflow in 'ibserver.exe' Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Reported:
Apr 11, 2008
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