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[DSA1014] DSA-1014-1 firebird2

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1014-1 firebird2

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Aviram Jenik and Damyan Ivanov discovered a buffer overflow in
firebird2, an RDBMS based on InterBase 6.0 code, that permits remote
attackers to crash.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain firebird2 packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.1-4sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.3.4870-3
We recommend that you upgrade your firebird2 packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1014
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 10446

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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