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Firebird "connect" Request Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA25601
Release Date: 2007-06-12
Last Update: 2007-07-11
Popularity: 5,819 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Firebird 2.x

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Firebird, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

1 ) A vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of "connect" requests (0x1) with a large "p_cnct_count" value. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted connect request to a vulnerable server (default port 3050/TCP).

2) The "filter_transliterate_text()" function in filters.cpp does not handle certain blob segments correctly. This can lead to an integer truncation which causes the "copy_blob()" in blb.cpp to handle a segment of size 0, resulting in an infinite loop.

The vulnerabilities are reported in Firebird 2. Other versions may also be affected.

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