1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3929-1

USN-3929-1: Firebird vulnerabilities

Publication date

2 April 2019

Overview

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)

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty firebird2.5-classic –  2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
firebird2.5-classic-common –  2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
firebird2.5-server-common –  2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
firebird2.5-super –  2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
firebird2.5-superclassic –  2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
libfbclient2 –  2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
libfbembed2.5 –  2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1
libib-util –  2.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1

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