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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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With the removal of firebird1.5 from the archive, its security bugs are
no longer a concern.
firebird1.5 is removed as upstream has no intent of providing any kind
of support to it, including security support.
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