openSUSE: 2013:0496-1: important: fix for remote stack overflow
Description
This update fixes a bug which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a stack overflow in server code, resulting in either server crash or even code execution as the user running firebird.
Patch
Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-222 - openSUSE 12.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-222 - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-222 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64): firebird-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 firebird-classic-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 firebird-classic-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 firebird-classic-debugsource-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 firebird-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 firebird-debugsource-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 firebird-devel-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 firebird-superserver-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 firebird-superserver-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 libfbclient2-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 libfbclient2-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 libfbclient2-devel-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 libfbembed-devel-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 libfbembed2_5-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 libfbembed2_5-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 - openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64): firebird-32bit-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 firebird-debuginfo-32bit-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 libfbclient2-32bit-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 libfbclient2-debuginfo-32bit-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 - openSUSE 12.3 (noarch): firebird-doc-2.5.2.26539-2.5.1 - openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64): firebird-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 firebird-classic-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 firebird-classic-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 firebird-classic-debugsource-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 firebird-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 firebird-debugsource-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 firebird-devel-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 firebird-superserver-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 firebird-superserver-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 libfbclient2-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 libfbclient2-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 libfbclient2-devel-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 libfbembed-devel-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 libfbembed2_5-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 libfbembed2_5-debuginfo-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 - openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64): firebird-32bit-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 firebird-debuginfo-32bit-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 libfbclient2-32bit-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 libfbclient2-debuginfo-32bit-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 - openSUSE 12.2 (noarch): firebird-doc-2.5.2.26539-2.8.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): firebird-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-classic-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-classic-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-debugsource-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-devel-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-devel-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-doc-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-filesystem-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-superserver-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 firebird-superserver-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbclient2-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbclient2-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbembed2-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbembed2-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64): libfbclient2-32bit-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbclient2-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbembed2-32bit-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbembed2-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (ia64): libfbclient2-debuginfo-x86-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbclient2-x86-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbembed2-debuginfo-x86-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1 libfbembed2-x86-2.1.3.18185.0-22.4.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2492.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/808268
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