CVE-2016-1569 (GCVE-0-2016-1569)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-13 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/10/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/10/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-5068 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://sourceforge.net/p/firebird/code/62783/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Date Public
2016-01-10 00:00
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