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TITLE:
Debian firebird2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29501

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29501/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Unknown, Exposure of sensitive information, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
http://secunia.com/product/13844/
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
http://secunia.com/product/5307/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in firebird2, where some
have unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious users to
disclose potentially sensitive information or to cause a DoS (Denial
of Service) and by malicious people to cause a DoS or potentially to
compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA25601
SA26615
SA28596

SOLUTION:
Debian recommends to upgrade to the firebird2.0 packages available
at:
http://www.backports.org/backports.org/pool/main/f/firebird2.0/

Security support for Firebird 1.5 (firebird2) in Debian has been
discontinued. Please see the Debian advisory for details.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00098.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25601:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25601/

SA26615:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26615/

SA28596:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28596/

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