SB2025092569 - Fedora 43 update for firebird
Published: September 25, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54989)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the parsing of XDR messages. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24975)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling when using ExtConnPool. A remote user can gain unauthorized access an encrypted database or crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.