CVE-2023-41038 (GCVE-0-2023-41038)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-20 14:22 – Updated: 2024-08-13 16:44
VLAI
Title
Server crash when using specific form of SET BIND statement
Summary
Firebird is a relational database. Versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.3 and version 5.0 beta1 are vulnerable to a server crash when a user uses a specific form of SET BIND statement. Any non-privileged user with minimum access to a server may type a statement with a long `CHAR` length, which causes the server to crash due to stack corruption. Versions 4.0.4.2981 and 5.0.0.117 contain fixes for this issue. No known workarounds are available.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-20 19:37 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FirebirdSQL firebird Affected: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.4.2981
Affected: >= 5.0 beta1, < 5.0.0.1176
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firebirdsql firebird Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.4.2981 (custom)
Affected: 5.0_beta1 , < 5.0.0.1176 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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        "dateUpdated": "2024-08-13T16:44:27.739Z",
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Related by attack behaviour

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