Vulnerabilites related to firebird - firebird
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-05-12 16:20
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The default configuration of Firebird before 2.0.3.12981.0-r6 on Gentoo Linux sets the ISC_PASSWORD environment variable before starting Firebird, which allows remote attackers to bypass SYSDBA authentication and obtain sensitive database information via an empty password.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gentoo linux *
firebird firebird *
firebird firebird 2.0.3.12981.0



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CVE-2008-1880 (GCVE-0-2008-1880)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-05-12 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:40
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The default configuration of Firebird before 2.0.3.12981.0-r6 on Gentoo Linux sets the ISC_PASSWORD environment variable before starting Firebird, which allows remote attackers to bypass SYSDBA authentication and obtain sensitive database information via an empty password.
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/30162 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-06.xml vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29123 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42299 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
Show details on NVD website


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