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firebird: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):firebird CVE #(s):CVE-2007-4992 CVE-2007-5246
Created:December 10, 2007 Updated:December 12, 2007
Description:

From the Gentoo advisory:

Adriano Lima and Ramon de Carvalho Valle reported that functions isc_attach_database() and isc_create_database() do not perform proper boundary checking when processing their input.

A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests to the Firebird server on TCP port 3050, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firebird (usually firebird).

Alerts:
Gentoo 200712-06 2007-12-09

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