CVE-2003-0281

Description

Buffer overflow in Firebird 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long INTERBASE environment variable when calling (1) gds_inet_server, (2) gds_lock_mgr, or (3) gds_drop.

Affected products

• FirebirdSQL / firebird1.0.2 – 1.0.2

Exploits & proofs of concept

• exploit-dbFirebird 1.0.2 (FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE) - Local Privilege Escalationby bob
• exploit-dbInterbase 6.0 - GDS_Drop Interbase Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (2)by bob
• exploit-dbInterbase 6.0 - GDS_Drop Interbase Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (1)by stripey

References

• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11977
• MISChttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-18.xml
• MAILING_LISThttp://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2002/Jun/0212.html
• MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105259012802997&w=2
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7546
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/8758