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TITLE:
Borland InterBase Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27058

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27058/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Borland InterBase 2007
http://secunia.com/product/14871/
Borland Interbase 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/3228/
Borland Interbase 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/348/
Borland Interbase 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/8256/

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

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

The following functions are reportedly affected:
* INET_connect
* SVC_attach
* isc_attach_database
* jrd8_attach_database
* isc_create_database
* jrd8_create_database
* PWD_db_aliased
* expand_filename2
* open_marker_file (UNIX only)

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in the following versions of Borland
InterBase. Other versions may also be affected.
* WI-V8.1.0.257
* WI-V8.0.0.123
* WI-V7.5.1.80
* WI-V7.5.0.129
* WI-V7.0.1.1
* WI-V6.5.0.28
* WI-V6.0.1.6
* WI-O6.0.2.0
* WI-O6.0.1.6
* WI-V6.0.1.0
* WI-V6.0.0.627
* WI-V5.5.0.742
* WI-V5.1.1.680
* LI-V8.1.0.253
* LI-V8.0.0.54
* LI-V8.0.0.53

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to affected systems.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2007002/

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