PT-2007-1487 · Firebird · Firebird

Published 2007-06-29 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2006-7211

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firebird version 1.5

Description The issue is related to weak permissions in the semaphore array used by fb lock mgr, allowing local users to cause a denial of service by blocking query processing through semaphore locking.

Recommendations For Firebird version 1.5, consider changing the permissions of the semaphore array to prevent unauthorized access and locking, which can help mitigate the risk of denial of service attacks.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-7211

Affected Products

Firebird

References · 5

• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7211 · Security Note
• http://firebirdsql.org/rlsnotes/Firebird-2.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28474 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29501 · Note