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firebird: buffer overflow

Package(s):

firebird

CVE #(s):

CVE-2007-3181

Created:

July 2, 2007

Updated:

March 27, 2008

Description:

The Firebird DBMS has a buffer overflow vulnerability involving the processing of connect requests with an overly large p_cnct_count value. Remote attackers can send a specially crafted request to the server in order to potentially execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the Firebird user.

Alerts:

Debian	DSA-1529-1	2008-03-24
Gentoo	200707-01	2007-07-01

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