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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201512-11">
+ <title>Firebird: Buffer Overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>A buffer overflow in Firebird might allow remote attackers to
+ execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">firebird</product>
+ <announced>2015-12-30</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2015-12-30</revised>
+ <bug>460780</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-db/firebird" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.5.3.26780.0-r3</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.5.3.26780.0-r3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Firebird is a multi-platform, open source relational database.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing requests
+ from remote clients.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
+ privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </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-2.5.3.26780.0-r3"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>NOTE: Firebird package was moved to the testing branch (unstable) of
+ Gentoo. There is currently no stable version of Firebird, and there will
+ be no further GLSAs for this package.
+ </p>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2492">CVE-2013-2492</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-01-15T13:57:42Z">
+ pinkbyte
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-12-30T16:24:28Z">
+ pinkbyte
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>