<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200707-01"> <title>Firebird: Buffer overflow</title> <synopsis> A vulnerability has been discovered in Firebird, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">firebird</product> <announced>2007-07-01</announced> <revised count="01">2007-07-01</revised> <bug>181811</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-db/firebird" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.0.1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Firebird is an open source relational database that runs on Linux, Windows, and various UNIX systems. </p> </background> <description> <p> Cody Pierce from TippingPoint DVLabs has discovered a buffer overflow when processing "connect" requests with an overly large "p_cnct_count" value. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> An unauthenticated remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to a vulnerable server, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firebird. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Firebird users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/firebird-2.0.1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3181">CVE-2007-3181</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-06-25T19:06:37Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-06-26T18:04:58Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>