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title: "CVE-2012-5529\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5529

Publication date 20 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

TraceManager in Firebird 2.5.0 and 2.5.1, when trace is enabled, allows
remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
dereference and crash) by preparing an empty dynamic SQL query.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firebird2.5 | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2.5.2~svn+54698.ds4-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2.5.1.26351.ds4-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 2.5.0.26074-0.ds4-5ubuntu0.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5529?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| firebird2.5 | * Upstream:   <http://firebird.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/firebird?pathrev=54702&revision=54702&view=revision> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5529)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5529)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5529)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5529)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/14>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5529>
