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Gentoo update for firebird
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30162
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Release Date:
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2008-05-12
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Popularity:
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1,784 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1880
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Description:
Gentoo has acknowledged a security issue in firebird, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to the "/etc/conf.d/firebird" init script shipped with Gentoo's firebird package setting the "ISC_PASSWORD" environment variable when launching Firebird. This can be exploited to connect as "SYSDBA" user without having to provide any credentials.
Solution:
Update to "dev-db/firebird-2.0.3.12981.0-r6" or later.
Update the Firebird configuration file and restart the Firebird service.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Viesturs.
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-06.xml
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