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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200405-18 (firebird)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200405-18.

Insight

Insight

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

Solution

Solution

All users should upgrade to the latest version of Firebird: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=dev-db/firebird-1.5' # emerge '>=dev-db/firebird-1.5' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200405-18 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20837 http://securityfocus.com/bid/7546/info/ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=9028&atid=109028&func=detail&aid=739480

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