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TITLE:
Firebird 2 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27057

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/27057/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Firebird 2.x
https://secunia.com/product/11516/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Firebird, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors in the
"isc_attach_database()" and "isc_create_database()" functions and can
be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows via specially
crafted parameters passed to the affected functions.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in Firebird version WI-V2.0.1.12855,
WI-V2.0.0.12748, LI-V2.0.1.12855, and LI-V2.0.0.12748. Other versions
may also be affected.

This is related to:
SA27058

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.0.3.12981.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Adriano Lima and Ramon de Carvalho Valle, RISE Security.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2007003/

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27058:
https://secunia.com/advisories/27058/

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