A denial of service flaw was found in the way the TraceManager of Firebird, a SQL relational database management system, performed preparation of an empty dynamic SQL query. When the trace mode was enabled, a remote, authenticated database user could use this flaw to cause the Firebird server to crash with a NULL pointer dereference. References: [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=693210 [2] http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-3884 Relevant upstream patch: [3] http://firebird.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/firebird?pathrev=54702&revision=54702&view=revision
This issue affects the versions of the firebird package, as shipped with Fedora release of 16 and 17. Please schedule an update. -- This issue affects the version of the firebird package, as shipped with Fedora EPEL 6. Please schedule an update. -- This issue did NOT affect the version of the firebird package, as shipped with Fedora EPEL 5 as it did not include the vulnerable code part yet.
CVE Request: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/14/6
Created firebird tracking bugs for this issue Affects: fedora-all [bug 876619] Affects: epel-6 [bug 876620]
updates are already there : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873982
The following updates have been created to correct this issue: 1) firebird-2.5.2.26539.0-1.el6 for Fedora EPEL 6, 2) firebird-2.5.2.26539.0-1.fc18 for (upcoming) Fedora 18, 3) firebird-2.5.2.26539.0-1.fc17 for Fedora 17, 4) firebird-2.5.2.26539.0-1.fc16 for Fedora 16. Once they pass the required level of testing, they will be pushed to the -stable repository.
The CVE identifier of CVE-2012-5529 has been assigned to this issue: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/14/8
(In reply to comment #4) > updates are already there : > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873982 Thank you, Philippe. Noted in relevant bugs.