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Debian firebird2 Multiple Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29501  
Release Date: 2008-03-27

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Unknown
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0


CVE reference:CVE-2008-0387 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-0467 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-7211 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-4664 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-4665 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-4666 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-4667 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-4668 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-4669 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-3527 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-3181 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-2606 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-7212 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-7213 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-7214 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
Debian has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in firebird2, where some have unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious users to disclose potentially sensitive information or to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by malicious people to cause a DoS or potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA25601
SA26615
SA28596

Solution:
Debian recommends to upgrade to the firebird2.0 packages available at:
http://www.backports.org/backports.org/pool/main/f/firebird2.0/

Security support for Firebird 1.5 (firebird2) in Debian has been discontinued. Please see the Debian advisory for details.

Original Advisory:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00098.html

Other References:
SA25601:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25601/

SA26615:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26615/

SA28596:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28596/



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