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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2006.0228 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New firebird2 packages fix denial of service
24 March 2006
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: firebird2
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2004-2043
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1014
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running firebird check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system at:
http://firebird.sourceforge.net
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1014-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
March 23rd, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : firebird2
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2004-2043
BugTraq ID : 10446
Debian Bug : 357580
Aviram Jenik and Damyan Ivanov discovered a buffer overflow in
firebird2, an RDBMS based on InterBase 6.0 code, that allows remote
attackers to crash.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain firebird2 packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.1-4sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.3.4870-3
We recommend that you upgrade your firebird2 packages.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2_1.5.1-4sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1062 ef652b5e7bcdb96d3225a9c89dc49d04
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2_1.5.1-4sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 62850 cf98054d0eaf1645152472422d7af90f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2_1.5.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 7086993 6f8b02abb15c42959dd4b2246ac457f7
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2-classic-server_1.5.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 279582 0b0aeb8bdb066a5553a11bb809dad2bf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2-dev_1.5.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 252430 eed67eb369a1138e13429d2f681a295b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2-examples_1.5.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 306464 08e60d8f5dc90778c191a59065bc9669
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2-server-common_1.5.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 553492 d14ee56363b30bfb24bcfd96557a68cc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2-super-server_1.5.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1128322 69b5f3bb509d5e6106d8c4435811c35c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2-utils-classic_1.5.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 806716 cca7a990bf6e780e75202d720f1262ed
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/firebird2-utils-super_1.5.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 833590 54476cbfee6665095cdb53d7d9f1af14
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/libfirebird2-classic_1.5.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1206698 15789a38826defd8b7c1fd8495cbee0e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/firebird2/libfirebird2-super_1.5.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 360926 5c813ee2caf36482f66164759b8dadbb
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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