CVE-2009-2620 (GCVE-0-2009-2620)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-29 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
src/remote/server.cpp in fbserver.exe in Firebird SQL 1.5 before 1.5.6, 2.0 before 2.0.6, 2.1 before 2.1.3, and 2.5 before 2.5 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed op_connect_request message that triggers an infinite loop or NULL pointer dereference.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35842 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.coresecurity.com/content/firebird-sql-dos | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9295 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514463 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-2563 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2009-07-28 00:00
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