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CVE-2016-1569

Published: 13 January 2016

FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.

Notes

AuthorNote
msalvatore
Issue introduced in 2.5.5

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
firebird2.5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream
Released (2.5.5.26952.ds4-3)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(2.5.5.26952.ds4-4ubuntu1)
zesty Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/firebird/code/62783/

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H