Input validation error in Firebird - CVE-2016-1569
Published: January 13, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40525
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1569
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: firebird.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
Firebird
Firebird
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1569
Install update from vendor's website.