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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201512-11">
  <title>Firebird: Buffer Overflow</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in Firebird might allow remote attackers to
    execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">firebird</product>
  <announced>2015-12-30</announced>
  <revised count="1">2015-12-30</revised>
  <bug>460780</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-db/firebird" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.5.3.26780.0-r3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.5.3.26780.0-r3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Firebird is a multi-platform, open source relational database.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing requests
      from remote clients.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Firebird users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=dev-db/firebird-2.5.3.26780.0-r3"
    </code>
    
    <p>NOTE: Firebird package was moved to the testing branch (unstable) of
      Gentoo. There is currently no stable version of Firebird, and  there will
      be no further GLSAs for this package.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2492">CVE-2013-2492</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-01-15T13:57:42Z">
    pinkbyte
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-12-30T16:24:28Z">
    pinkbyte
  </metadata>
</glsa>