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Firebird "connect" Request Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA25601  
Release Date: 2007-06-12
Last Update: 2007-07-11

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

Software:Firebird 2.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-3181 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-3527 (Secunia mirror)

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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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Solution:
Update to version 2.0.1.

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Cody Pierce, TippingPoint DVLabs
2) Andrew Guts

Changelog:
2007-06-15: Added CVE reference.
2007-07-11: Added vulnerability #2.

Original Advisory:
1) http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-07-11
2) http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-1063

Other References:
http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotes/Firebird-2.0.1-ReleaseNotes.pdf



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3 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. Firebird Multiple Vulnerabilities
2. Firebird 2 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
3. Firebird Multiple Vulnerabilities


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