PT-2003-1489 · Firebird · Firebird

Kf · Published 2003-05-14 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2003-0281

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Firebird versions prior to 1.5

Description: A buffer overflow issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long INTERBASE environment variable when calling certain functions, including gds inet server, gds lock mgr, or gds drop.

Recommendations: For Firebird versions prior to 1.5, update to version 1.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the INTERBASE environment variable to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0281

Affected Products

Firebird

References · 10

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/29 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21566 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21565 · Exploit
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-18.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0281 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105259012802997&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11977 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/8758 · Note
• http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2002/Jun/0212.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/7546 · Note