Description
src/remote/server.cpp in fbserver.exe in Firebird SQL 1.5 before 1.5.6, 2.0 before 2.0.6, 2.1 before 2.1.3, and 2.5 before 2.5 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed op_connect_request message that triggers an infinite loop or NULL pointer dereference.
Public exploits
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Exploit-DB 1
- Firebird SQL - op_connect_request main listener shutdown EDB-9295 · dos · Jul 28, 2009 · verified
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References
- 35842 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2009-8317 vendor-advisory
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/firebird-sql-dos
- 9295 exploit
- FEDORA-2009-8340 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514463
- http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-2563