USN-3929-1: Firebird vulnerabilities

USN-3929-1: Firebird vulnerabilities

firebird2.5 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Firebird.

Software Description

• 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 LTS

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

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2014-9323
• CVE-2017-6369

Source: USN-3929-1: Firebird vulnerabilities