CVE-2006-1241

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

The problems are fixed in the current 1.5.3 version of the Firebird binary distribution.

Firebird 1.5.2.4731 installs (1) fb_lock_mgr, (2) gds_drop, and (3) fb_inet_server with setuid firebird permissions, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a buffer overflow as identified by CVE-2006-1240, or possibly other vulnerabilities.

The problems are fixed in the current 1.5.3 version of the Firebird binary distribution.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2006-03-15 17:06:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-18 16:31:00

Affected Software

Firebird Firebird 1.5.2.4731

1.5.2.4731

References

20060312 Buffer Overflow and Installation Script Error in Firebird 1.5.3

20060312 Buffer Overflow and Installation Script Error in Firebird 1.5.3

17077

Exploit, Patch

firebird-fbinetserver-fbserver-bo(25282)

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