CVE-2008-1880 - The default configuration of Firebird before 2.0.3.12981.0-r6 on Gentoo Linux sets the ISC_PASSWORD

CVE-2008-1880

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

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:firebird:firebird:2.0.3.12981.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:firebird:firebird:2.0.3.12981.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:firebird:firebird:*:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:firebird:firebird:*:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 08-08-2017 - 01:30)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-255

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	NONE	NONE

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

refmap via4

bid	29123
confirm	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216158
gentoo	GLSA-200805-06
secunia	30162
xf	firebird-sysdba-unath-access(42299)

Last major update

08-08-2017 - 01:30

Published

12-05-2008 - 16:20

Last modified

08-08-2017 - 01:30