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.