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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200707-01">
+ <title>Firebird: Buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerability has been discovered in Firebird, allowing for the execution
+ of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">firebird</product>
+ <announced>2007-07-01</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2007-07-01</revised>
+ <bug>181811</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-db/firebird" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.0.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Firebird is an open source relational database that runs on Linux,
+ Windows, and various UNIX systems.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Cody Pierce from TippingPoint DVLabs has discovered a buffer overflow
+ when processing "connect" requests with an overly large "p_cnct_count"
+ value.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ An unauthenticated remote attacker could send a specially crafted
+ request to a vulnerable server, possibly resulting in the execution of
+ arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firebird.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Firebird users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-db/firebird-2.0.1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3181">CVE-2007-3181</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-06-25T19:06:37Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-06-26T18:04:58Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>