USN-3929-1: Firebird vulnerabilities
2 April 2019
Several security issues were fixed in Firebird.
Releases
Packages
- firebird2.5 - A full-featured, open source SQL database derived from Borland InterBase 6.0
Details
It was discovered that Firebird incorrectly handled certain malformed
packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially
crafted network packet to cause Firebird to crash, resulting in a denial of
service.
(CVE-2014-9323)
It was discovered that Firebird incorrectly handled certain UDF libraries.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-6369)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
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firebird2.5-classic
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2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
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firebird2.5-classic-common
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2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
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firebird2.5-server-common
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2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
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firebird2.5-super
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2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
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firebird2.5-superclassic
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2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
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libfbclient2
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2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
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libfbembed2.5
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2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
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libib-util
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2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4822-1: firebird-dev, firebird2.5-common, libfbclient2, firebird2.5-superclassic, firebird2.5, firebird2.5-common-doc, libib-util, firebird2.5-doc, firebird2.5-examples, firebird2.5-super, firebird2.5-server-common, libfbembed2.5, firebird2.5-classic-common, firebird2.5-classic