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firebird: information disclosure

Package(s):

firebird

CVE #(s):

CVE-2008-1880

Created:

May 9, 2008

Updated:

May 14, 2008

Description:

From the Gentoo advisory: Viesturs reported that the default configuration for Gentoo's init script ("/etc/conf.d/firebird") sets the "ISC_PASSWORD" environment variable when starting Firebird. It will be used when no password is supplied by a client connecting as the "SYSDBA" user.

Alerts:

Gentoo

200805-06

2008-05-09

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firebird: information disclosure

Posted May 23, 2008 8:11 UTC (Fri) by mariuz (guest, #24892) [Link]

bug affects debian and ubuntu too 

but now is fixed in debian 
for firebird 2.0 package 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481389
and firebird 2.1
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481408

and ubuntu firebird 2.0/2.1 package

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firebird2.0/+bu...