PT-2003-1425 · Isc · Interbase Database

Kf · Published 2003-04-08 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2003-0197

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Interbase Database versions 6.x

Description: The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a long ISC LOCK ENV environment variable, specifically affecting the gds lock mgr of the Interbase Database.

Recommendations: For Interbase Database versions 6.x, consider restricting access to the environment variable ISC LOCK ENV to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, limit the length of the ISC LOCK ENV variable to prevent buffer overflow attacks until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0197

Affected Products

Interbase Database

References · 4

• 🔥 http://secnetops.com/research/advisories/SRT2003-04-03-1300.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0197 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0003.html · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104940730819887&w=2 · Note