Vulnerability in Firebird

CVE-2008-1880

The default configuration of Firebird before 2.0.3.12981.0-r6 on Gentoo Linux sets the ISC_PASSWORD environment variable before starting Firebird, which allows remote attackers to bypass SYSDBA authentication and obtain sensitive database information via an empty password.

EPSS: 0.021 (80.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Firebird — versions 2.0.3.12981.0
Gentoo Linux
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)