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Gentoo: GLSA-200405-18 High: Firebird Buffer Overflow Exploit

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2004
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
An urgent buffer overflow vulnerability in Firebird on Gentoo calls for immediate upgrades; enhancing security against local exploits and database issues is crucial
A buffer overflow via environmental variables in Firebird may allow a local user to manipulate or destroy local databases and trojan the Firebird binaries

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200405-18
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: High
     Title: Buffer Overflow in Firebird
      Date: May 23, 2004
      Bugs: #20837
        ID: 200405-18


Synopsis
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A buffer overflow via environmental variables in Firebird may allow a
local user to manipulate or destroy local databases and trojan the
Firebird binaries.

Background
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Firebird is an open source relational database that runs on Linux,
Windows, and various UNIX systems.

Affected packages
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     Package          /   Vulnerable   /                    Unaffected
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  1  dev-db/firebird         < 1.5                              >= 1.5

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A buffer overflow exists in three Firebird binari...
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