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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3109-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                      Salvatore Bonaccorso
December 21, 2014                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : firebird2.5
CVE ID         : CVE-2014-9323
Debian Bug     : 772880

Dmitry Kovalenko discovered that the Firebird database server is prone
to a denial of service vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker
could send a malformed network packet to a firebird server, which would
cause the server to crash.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.2.26540.ds4-1~deb7u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 2.5.3.26778.ds4-5.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.3.26778.ds4-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your firebird2.5 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3109-1: firebird2.5 security update

December 21, 2014
Dmitry Kovalenko discovered that the Firebird database server is prone to a denial of service vulnerability

Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.2.26540.ds4-1~deb7u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 2.5.3.26778.ds4-5.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.3.26778.ds4-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your firebird2.5 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Dmitry Kovalenko discovered that the Firebird database server is prone
to a denial of service vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker
could send a malformed network packet to a firebird server, which would
cause the server to crash.

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