SB2016020809 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for firebird
Published: February 8, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016020809
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1569)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.