Package: firebird1.5
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for firebird1.5.

CVE-2007-5246[0]:
| Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Firebird LI 2.0.0.12748 and
| 2.0.1.12855, and WI 2.0.0.12748 and 2.0.1.12855, allow remote
| attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long attach request on
| TCP port 3050 to the isc_attach_database function or (2) a long create
| request on TCP port 3050 to the isc_create_database function.

If you fix this vulnerability please also include the CVE id
in your changelog entry.

This bug is fixed in the 2.0 version of firebird.

You can find a patch on:
http://firebird.cvs.sourceforge.net/firebird/firebird2/src/jrd/why.cpp?r1=1.100.4.2&r2=1.100.4.3

For further information:
[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5246

Kind regards
Nico

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