openSUSE Security Update: firebird: fix for remote stack overflow
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:0504-1
Rating:             important
References:         #808268 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-2492
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

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 Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch 2013-43

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      firebird-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-classic-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-classic-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-debugsource-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-devel-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-devel-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-doc-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-filesystem-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-superserver-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      firebird-superserver-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      libfbclient2-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      libfbclient2-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      libfbembed2-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1
      libfbembed2-debuginfo-2.1.3.18185.0-16.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2492.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/808268