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TITLE:
Gentoo update for firebird

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30162

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30162/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged a security issue in firebird, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to the "/etc/conf.d/firebird" init
script shipped with Gentoo's firebird package setting the
"ISC_PASSWORD" environment variable when launching Firebird. This can
be exploited to connect as "SYSDBA" user without having to provide any
credentials.

SOLUTION:
Update to "dev-db/firebird-2.0.3.12981.0-r6" or later.

Update the Firebird configuration file and restart the Firebird
service.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Viesturs.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-06.xml

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